- Home Defence Corps formed at Fremantle.[1]
- April 5: Billy Clare died.
- June 12: Italian-born Tommaso D'Orsogna arrested in Wiluna.
References
- ↑ John K. Ewers The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle 1971 (Fremantle City Council and University of Western Australia Press)
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