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==Brief History==
 
==Brief History==
Formed in Perth about October 1941 from the '''Western Command Provost Company''' to relieve that unit of the policing function in the Perth base area. They mainly operated out of Swan Barracks, with detachments at Guildford, Mt Lawley, Fremantle and Kalgoorlie.
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Thought to have been formed as the '''5th Military District Line of Communication Provost Company''' during October 1941 in Perth from the '''Western Command Provost Company''' to undertake the policing duties in the Perth area. As a result of the general reorganisation in April 1942 it was renamed '''5th Australian Lines of Communication Provost Company'''. They operated generally from Swan Barracks in East Perth, but also had detachments at Guildford, Mt Lawley, Fremantle and Kalgoorlie, with between six and eight sections.
 
 
  
 
===Unit Personnel===
 
===Unit Personnel===
* [[ Harry Cecil Brown]]  
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* [[Harry Cecil Brown]] 23 Oct 1940 - 2 Oct 1941 & 1 Sep 1943 - 16 Oct 1945
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* [[Frank Croudson]] 20 Sep 1940 - 15 Oct 1945
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* [[Harold Stanley Jenkins]] 25 Sep - 15 Dec 1945
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* [[John Thomas Madgwick]] 10 Dec 1942 - 19 Oct 1945
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* [[William Thomas Wills]] 28 Aug 1942 - 11 Nov 1944
  
 
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Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 6 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 6.199 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018
 
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Unit colour patch


Brief History

Thought to have been formed as the 5th Military District Line of Communication Provost Company during October 1941 in Perth from the Western Command Provost Company to undertake the policing duties in the Perth area. As a result of the general reorganisation in April 1942 it was renamed 5th Australian Lines of Communication Provost Company. They operated generally from Swan Barracks in East Perth, but also had detachments at Guildford, Mt Lawley, Fremantle and Kalgoorlie, with between six and eight sections.

Unit Personnel

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 6 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 6.199 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018


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