Guerilla Warfare School

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The Independent Companies Memorial at Tidal River, Wilson's Promontory
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Tidal River Training Camp c.1941

The Guerilla Warfare School was a commando and special operations training centre at Tidal River, Victoria, Australia during the Second World War. The training centre was set up in 1941, known as No. 7 Infantry Training Centre, and the special operations course was run until July 1942, before transferring to the Z Experimental Station, Cairns, Queensland. [1]

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Tidal River (Victoria) perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, located in the Wilsons Promontory region of the Australian state of Victoria

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Z Experimental Station

The Z Experimental Station (ZES), Cairns was set up in July 1942, jointly by Secret Intelligence Australia and the Inter-Allied Services Department. The building chosen to be the headquarters was known as "Fairview", and it had been the home of Richard Ash Kingsford, the first mayor of Cairns and grandfather of aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.

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References

  1. Official History of Special Operations Australia Volume 1 - Organisation (Copy 1)