5-690: Volunteer Defence Corps may refer to: Volunteer Defence Corps in Australia Volunteer Defense Corps in Thailand Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, last named the Royal Hong Kong Regiment Shanghai Volunteer Corps [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with
10-649: The Volunteer Defence Corps. As the perceived threat to Australia declined the VDC's role changed from static defence to operating anti-aircraft artillery , coastal artillery and searchlights . Members of inland VDC units were freed from having to attend regular training in May 1944 and the VDC was officially disbanded on 24 August 1945. [REDACTED] Media related to Volunteer Defence Corps (Australia) at Wikimedia Commons This Australian World War II article
15-577: The same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Volunteer_Defence_Corps&oldid=885458182 " Category : Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Volunteer Defence Corps (Australia) The Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
20-758: Was an Australian part-time volunteer military force of World War II modelled on the British Home Guard . The VDC was established in July 1940 by the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) and was initially composed of ex-servicemen who had served in World War I . The government took over control of the VDC in May 1941, and gave the organisation the role of training for guerrilla warfare , collecting local intelligence and providing static defence of each unit's home area. General Harry Chauvel , who had retired in 1930,
25-758: Was recalled to duty in 1940 and appointed Inspector-General of the VDC. Chauvel held this position until his death in March 1945. Following the outbreak of the Pacific War , the Government expanded the VDC in February 1942. Membership was open to men aged between 18 and 60, including those working in reserved occupations. As a result, there were, by 1944, nearly 100,000 men in the VDC, organized into 111 battalions consisting of about 1,500 full-time personnel, over 30,000 part-time active members and over 43,000 part-time reserve members of
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