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From: "C. Prosser" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-WA] Claremont Military Camp c. 1916
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:14:07 +0800
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I was reading an article a while back about this. So this is off the top of
my head...if anyone knows different feel free to correct me.

There is Irwin Barracks in Nedlands (or Karrakatta) and Campbell Barracks in
Swanbourne. Both of these might be referred to as Claremont. There was
also Buckland Hill barracks & Fremantle Artillery barracks (I think this is
right) and they 'might have' been classed as Claremont as they are
relatively close, but I think Buckland Hill was closed before 1917...though
I think Fremantle was still operational. Buckland Hill is now an up-market
residential area. The Special Air Service Regiment was established at the
Campbell Barracks in Swanbourne in 1957. There was talk about Fremantle
being sold I think. As far as I am aware...Swanbourne and Irwin are still
kicking...though Swanbourne may be the older of the 2.

If your looking for the 44th Battalion, in the 3rd Division of the
Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in World War 1, I think they may have
trained at Fremantle. If this is the one, I am pretty sure it was going to
be kept for heritage listing as a museum even if sold.

Good luck!

Cindy Prosser
West Australia




----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Jameson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 7:18 AM
Subject: [AUS-WA] Claremont Military Camp c. 1916


> Hello List,
>
> A relative of mine, who was killed at Messines very early in "the show"
that opened on 7th June 1917, had earlier trained at "Claremont Barracks"
(Enlistment Document from AWM) and gave his home address as
> "The Military Camp Claremont in the State of Western Australia" in his
Will. He spent some time, years possibly, at Claremont Camp as a drill
instructor up to the time of his joining the Expeditionary Force.
>
> For a while I cast about in Tasmania making the genealogist's fatal flaw
of assumption: my relative was born in Westbury and lived in Launceston, so
I guessed that the "Claremont" was the one near Hobart. Not so.
>
> My relative was with the 44th Bn AIF and I have found several interesting
and moving accounts of other members of this battalion, their stories or
diaries made available on websites. But so far, I have found little to tell
me if Claremont Camp still exists. Is it the Claremont which is a suburb of
Perth? What might I consult to find out more of what it was like as a
military establishment back in the period 1914-18?
>
> I would welcome any input on the topic of Claremont Military Camp.
>
> Yours from England,
> Julie
>
>
>
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