W15 YEARLING POW CONTROL
CENTER, WA
DURING WW2
LOCATION - 221 kms east of Perth, WA, between Corrigin and Wickepin.
DATES - 19th April 1944 - 29th September 1945 (disbanded) POWs attached to surrounding PWCCs
STRENGTH - Commenced with 100 Italian POWs. Increased to 125 by 22nd February 1945.
No of FARMS ASSISTED Maximum 51 in May 1945
O.C.s
Lt W Baker 19th April 1944 - 12th October 1944
2IC - Not known
ADDRESS - Not known
PREVIOUS STATUS - Not known
CURRENT STATUS - Not known
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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