Department of Home Security

Department of Home Security
Department overview
Formed26 June 1941[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved1 February 1946[1]
Superseding Department
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible
Department executives
  • Frederick Shedden, Secretary (1941)[2]
  • Alexander Welch, Secretary (1942–1944)
  • M.S. Thomson, Secretary (1944–1945)

The Department of Home Security was an Australian government department that existed between June 1941 and February 1946.

  1. ^ a b CA 43: Department of Home Security, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 5 February 2014
  2. ^ Horner, David (2002). "Shedden, Sir Frederick Geoffrey (1893 – 1971)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 16. MUP. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.