20th Defence and Employment Platoon

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Brief History

The 66th Anti Aircraft Company RAE had been mobilised at Attadale (WA), and in December 1941 it was restructured as the 20th Defence & Employment Platoon which was then attached to the HQ Western Command at Swan Barracks. In April 1943 they were at Mt Lawley where they guarded and maintained HQ 3rd Australian Corps.

In October 1942 they unit's name was changed to 3rd Australian Corps Defence & Employment Platoon. The unit continued until the reduction in troops in Western Australia had declined to the point that they moved to Wallgrove in NSW where the unit was disbanded in July 1944.

Unit Personnel

• Percy Whittaker 20 Jul 1942 - 13 Jul 1944

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 2 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 2.430 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018