From WA Military Digital Library
In 1940 the RSL established VDC units in Wiluna, Meekatharra, Cue, Yalgoo and Big Bell. In 1942 these Units became the 16th (Murchison) Battalion with its headquarters in Cue and made up of 3 Companies. A Company was based in Wiluna and included men from the immediate area. B Company was based in Cue and included men from Meekatharra, Mt Magnet, Cue, Reedy and Big Bell. C Company was based in Yalgoo and included men from Yalgoo, Murgoo, Moorarie, Kirkalocka, Paynes Find, Sandstone, Pinnacles Station, Sturt Meadows, Agnew and Mt Keith.
This is a list of all the men who served with the 16th Battalion VDC. Some transferred to the AIF, some transferred to the CMF, others moved to another area and transferred to another VDC Battalion but most of them remained in this Unit for the duration of the War. The Battalion was placed on the Reserve List on 31st July 1944. Their duties lessened but they continued to hold regular parades and conduct rifle range practice.
| NUMBER |
NAME |
RESIDENCE
|
| W72226 |
ADAMS, Alfred Henry |
Wiluna
|
| W72058 |
ADAMS, Colin Francis |
Cue
|
| W72127 |
ADAMS, James Edward |
Wiluna
|
| W71988 |
AGNEW, John McCormack |
Reedy
|
| W72125 |
AGNEW, Robert |
Lakeside
|
| W71989 |
ALCORN, Raymond Leslie |
Reedy
|
| W72225 |
ALLEN, Arthur Francis |
Red Hill
|
| W87775 |
ALLEN, Benjamin Jack |
Sandstone
|
| W89237 |
ALLEN, Ronald Keith |
Mt Magnet
|
| W72128 |
ALLENDER, Joseph Gerard Michael |
Wiluna
|
| W89236 |
ANDERSON, David |
Wiluna
|
| W72130 |
ANDREWS, Gordon Arthur |
Red Hill
|
| W61709 |
ANSELL, Theodore |
Cue
|
| W72126 |
ARMSTRONG, Lewis George |
Red Hill
|
| W52596 |
ARMSTRONG, William George |
Big Bell
|
| W89223 |
ATKINS, Edward Charles |
Murgoo Station
|
| W83825 |
ATKINS, Keven Desmond |
Pinnacles Station
|
| W89210 |
ATKINSON, Joseph Vincent |
Sandstone
|
| W87776 |
ATKINSON, Robert William |
Mt Magnet
|
| W83492 |
ATTRILL, Kenneth George |
Cue
|
| W87795 |
AUGUST, Gordon Victor Russell |
Cue
|
| NUMBER |
NAME |
RESIDENCE
|
| W77001 |
BAIN, Alan Evan |
Meekatharra
|
| W74991 |
BAIN, Evan |
Meekatharra
|
| W77004 |
BAIN, Laurance Woodlands |
Meekatharra
|
| W72133 |
BAKER, Joseph William |
Wiluna
|
| W72136 |
BAKER, William Albert |
Lakeside
|
| W83835 |
BALAAM, Walter Benjamin |
Sturt Meadows
|
| W87783 |
BALL, Luther |
Cue
|
| W83845 |
BANCROFT, Arthur Waldegrove |
Mt Magnet
|
| W89201 |
BARCLAY, Sydney Clarke |
Cue
|
| W19933 |
BARKER, Joseph Arthur |
Wiluna
|
| W76867 |
BARKER, Keith Walter Colin |
Meekatharra
|
| W83870 |
BARRATT, Frank Arthur |
Mt Magnet
|
| W87788 |
BARRETT, James Horwood |
Chester Park
|
| W89234 |
BARRON, Raymond Clifford |
Wiluna
|
| W72228 |
BATES, Graden Joseph |
Wiluna
|
| W72221 |
BEAMONT, Arthur Charles |
Hut 30A compound
|
| W83526 |
BEATON, Charles |
Reedy
|
| W83476 |
BECKETT, Bert |
Cue
|
| W72274 |
BELL, Guy Walter |
Reedy
|
| W72137 |
BELL, James |
Wiluna
|
| W76883 |
BENNETT, Harold Norman |
Meekatharra
|
| W76881 |
BENNETT, John Joseph |
Meekatharra
|
| W72139 |
BERRYMAN, Bertie Osborne |
Red Hill
|
| W87587 |
BIGNELL, James Raymond |
Yalgoo
|
| W87587 |
BIGNELL, James Raymond |
Yalgoo
|
| W83830 |
BIRD, Murray |
Pinnacles Station
|
| W61703 |
BIRD, Sidney James |
Sandstone
|
| W72138 |
BIRD, Victor |
Red Hill
|
| W83782 |
BLACK, James |
Wiluna
|
| W76924 |
BLACKIE, Norman |
Mt Magnet
|
| W83721 |
BLACKLOCK, Sydney Robert |
Big Bell
|
| W83806 |
BLANCKENSEE, Walter Frederick |
Paynes Find
|
| W72131 |
BLURTON, Norman Charles |
Wiluna
|
| W83873 |
BODDINGTON, George Murchison |
Murgoo
|
| W83542 |
BODDINGTON, Thomas Aubrey |
Yalgoo
|
| W83530 |
BOULTER, Robert |
Cue
|
| W72272 |
BOURKE, Frederick |
Wiluna
|
| W72220 |
BOURNE, William Uriah |
Wiluna
|
| W72135 |
BOWER, Bertram George |
Wiluna
|
| W42820 |
BOWER, John Keith |
Wiluna
|
| W83703 |
BOYCE, William James |
Cue
|
| W83821 |
BRADLEY, Ernest James |
Wiluna
|
| W40939 |
BRAND, Alan |
Wurarga
|
| W83716 |
BRAND, Forrest |
Big Bell
|
| W83531 |
BREUSTEDT, Francis Joseph |
Cue
|
| W72229 |
BRICKHILL, Joseph Gregson |
Wiluna
|
| W83869 |
BROAD, Alfred Edward |
Mt Magnet
|
| W89222 |
BROAD, Frederick Roberts |
Kirkalocka
|
| W40931 |
BROAD, William Campbell |
Yalgoo
|
| W89208 |
BROADHURST, Philip Henry |
Sandstone
|
| W83729 |
BROOKER, Thomas Scott |
Reedy
|
| W89250 |
BROOM, George |
Sandstone
|
| W83738 |
BROWN, Thomas |
Reedy
|
| W76878 |
BROWN, William Henry |
Meekatharra
|
| W72230 |
BROWNE, Arthur John Groom |
Wiluna
|
| W72132 |
BROWNE, George |
Lakeside
|
| W76913 |
BROWNRIGG, Norman |
Meekatharra
|
| W72134 |
BUDISELIC, Charles Peter |
Wiluna
|
| W72227 |
BUMSTEAD, Alan |
Wiluna
|
| W47919 |
BURGES, Irwin Carlton Temple |
Irwin
|
| W83543 |
BURGESS, Cyril James |
Yalgoo
|
| W76890 |
BUSH, George Stephen |
Meekatharra
|
| W83889 |
BUTLER, Albert Walter |
|
| W76889 |
BUTLER, William Henry |
Kulin
|
| NUMBER |
NAME |
RESIDENCE
|
| W83803 |
CALLOW, Alfred John |
Paynes Find
|
| W72143 |
CAMILLERI, Paul |
Wiluna
|
| W72145 |
CAMPBELL, Donald Henry Alexander |
Wiluna
|
| W76868 |
CAMPBELL, Ellis Paterson |
Meekatharra
|
| W72147 |
CAMPBELL, George Deans |
Wiluna
|
| W76869 |
CAMPBELL, James |
Meekatharra
|
| W89224 |
CAMPBELL, John Angus MacKenzie |
Murgoo
|
| W89235 |
CAMPBELL, Robert McKenzie |
Newforest Station
|
| W42756 |
CAMPBELL, Thomas Duncan |
Big Bell
|
| W89203 |
CAPPER, Vivian Ashley |
Wiluna
|
| W83826 |
CAPRARI, Andrew |
Pinnacles Station
|
| W83794 |
CARLSON, Augustus Davies |
Cue
|
| W83824 |
CARTER, Vernon Everard |
Pinnacles Station
|
| W72146 |
CHAMBERLAIN, Harold |
Wiluna
|
| W72142 |
CHANDLER, Robert Theodore |
Wiluna
|
| W83732 |
CHECKER, Louis |
Reedy
|
| W83811 |
CHEGWIDDEN, Joseph Wicks |
Paynes Find
|
| W83741 |
CHER, Peter |
Yalgoo
|
| W72872 |
CHOMLEY, George Edmund Floyd |
Leonora
|
| W83761 |
CHRISTIE, F |
Big Bell
|
| W72231 |
CLAPP, Kenneth James |
Wiluna
|
| W83872 |
CLARK, Arthur Henry |
Murgoo
|
| W76877 |
CLARK, James Ellis |
Meekatharra
|
| W83810 |
CLARK, John Pringle |
Paynes Find
|
| W83781 |
CLARKE, George Edward |
Yalgoo
|
| W72285 |
CLIFFORD, Joseph Henry |
Reedy
|
| W61730 |
CLIFT, Thomas Gerald |
Sandstone
|
| W19905 |
CLIFTON, Norman Frederick |
Wiluna
|
| W89225 |
CLINCH, Albert Cornelius |
Kirkalocka
|
| W72232 |
CLINCH, Charles James |
Wiluna
|
| W83820 |
CLINCH, Frank George |
Sandstone
|
| W72144 |
CLINCH, Wilfred Henry |
Wiluna
|
| W87574 |
COCK, Valentine Nicholas |
Sandstone
|
| W87592 |
COCK, William Alfred |
Kaluniri Station
|
| W72278 |
COCKING, Thomas Crawford |
Reedy
|
| W47853 |
COLEMAN, Richard Wilfred |
Norseman
|
| W72140 |
COLEMAN, William Peter |
Red Hill
|
| W72233 |
COLES, Charles Edward |
Wiluna
|
| W83883 |
COLLINGS, John Michael |
Big Bell
|
| W83411 |
COLLINS, Clyde Edward |
Yalgoo
|
| W83768 |
COLLINS, J |
Big Bell
|
| W72286 |
CONDRON, Thomas |
Reedy
|
| W83787 |
CONNOLLY, William Albert |
Wiluna
|
| W76887 |
COOK, Laurence Lockyer |
Meekatharra
|
| W42754 |
COOPER, Wallace |
Big Bell
|
| W61702 |
CORNELIUS, William Edward |
Sandstone
|
| W72141 |
COSSTICK, John Richard |
Wiluna
|
| W76886 |
COUMBE, Reuben Gordon |
Meekatharra
|
| W42757 |
COURTNEY, Paul Valdon |
Big Bell
|
| W83412 |
COYNE, Michael Desmond |
Yalgoo
|
| W40932 |
COYNE, William Patrick |
Agnew
|
| W83769 |
CRAIG, David |
Big Bell
|
| W83527 |
CRAMER, Henry Harold |
Reedy
|
| W83860 |
CRICK, Henry Hermunn |
Boogardie
|
| W40933 |
CULLEN, Peter Francis Matthew |
Leonora
|
| W83801 |
CUMMINGS, Clarence George Edward |
Paynes Find
|
| W87792 |
CUREDALE, Sydney Douglas |
Agnew
|
| W83790 |
CURRIE, William Albert James |
Cue
|
The history of Number 16 Battalion (Murchison) was compiled in 1942.
Manning details as of 30 September 1942 with short biographies of senior personnel.
History and formation of the 16th Battalion in the Murchison region.
This quarterly training report for September 1943 outlines the training completed for No. 7 Battalion (Geraldton), No. 13 Battalion (Moora) and No. 16 Battalion (Murchison).
This quarterly training report for March 1944 outlines the training completed for No. 7 Battalion (Geraldton), No. 13 Battalion (Moora) and No. 16 Battalion (Murchison).
This quarterly training report for July 1944 outlines the training completed for No. 7 Battalion (Geraldton), No. 13 Battalion (Moora) and No. 16 Battalion (Murchison).
This quarterly training report for October 1944 outlines the training completed for No. 7 Battalion (Geraldton), No. 13 Battalion (Moora) and No. 16 Battalion (Murchison).
