ROTTNEST ISLAND POW HOSTEL, WA
DURING WW2
LOCATION - 20 kms off the coast of WA from the port of Fremantle
DATES - July 1944-March 1946
CAPACITY - 120 Italian POWs
No OF COMPOUNDS - 1 General purpose camp, ex No 10 Garrison Battalion camp known as the Airfield Camp
O.C. -
Capt KE Selsmark,
Lt FG Pearse and
Lt Scott (dates unclear)
2IC/ADJUTANT - Various appointments as required
GUARDS - Detachments from No 8 POW Guard Company
CAMP FUNCTIONS - Remove defensive structures built to repel anticipated Japanese invasion in 1942, also restore island to pre war condition
CURRENT STATUS - Some foundations remain adjacent to the runway
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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