1940

Timeline: ← 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 →

Home Defence Corps formed at Fremantle.^[1]

12 June. Italian-born Tommaso D’Orsogna arrested in Wiluna. He spent three months in Fremantle Prison, as an enemy alien during wartime.

References

↑ Ewers, John K. 1971, The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle, Fremantle City Council, with UWAP, rev. ed. [1st ed. 1948], p.141.

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[1] Ewers, John K. 1971, The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle, Fremantle City Council, with UWAP, rev. ed. [1st ed. 1948], p.141.

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