W8 MARGARET RIVER POW CONTROL CENTER, WA
DURING WW2

LOCATION - 277 kms south of Perth, WA, between Busselton and Augusta

DATES - 11th March 1944 - 23rd May 1946

STRENGTH - Commenced with 125 Italian POWs, 27th March 1944 decreased to 100. 25 POWs sent to W9 Beverley. January 1945 increased to 150

No of FARMS ASSISTED - Maximum 89 in May 1945

O.C.s
Capt Tweedie 11th March 1944 - 6th January 1945

Lt WLH Baker 6th January 1945 - 8th November 1945

Capt Mould 8th November 1945 - 31st March 1946

Capt KE Selsmark 31st March 1946 - 23rd May 1946

2IC - L/Sgt HS Heyhoe 11th March 1944 - 3rd November 1945

ADDRESS - Shell Roadhouse, 91 Bussell Highway, Margaret River

PREVIOUS STATUS - Tea rooms and boarding house for single men, vacant during war years

CURRENT STATUS  - Commercial site, Shell roadhouse built 1970’s

POW Control Centers

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I'd like to thank Ernie Polis for his kind assistance with information for this and many other pages about POW and Internment camps in Western Australia.

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This page first produced 20 January 2002

This page last updated 15 January 2020