W13 KUNUNOPPIN POW CONTROL CENTER, WA
DURING WW2

LOCATION - 247 kms east of Perth, WA, between Trayning and Nungarin. Was originally at Nungarin, transferred to Kununoppin due to unsuitable premises.

DATES
19th April 1944 - 8th August 1944, Nungarin

8th August 1944 - 30th May 1946, Kununoppin

STRENGTH - Commenced with 100 Italian POWs

No of FARMS ASSISTED - Maximum 48 in May 1945

O.C.s - Capt GH Baker 19th August 1944 - 14th January 1945

2IC - Cpl Aberdene

ADDRESS - Not known

PREVIOUS STATUS - Vacant Agricultural Bank

CURRENT STATUS - Vacant Building

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.

"Australia @ War" Research Products

This page first produced 20 January 2002

This page last updated 02 September 2018