Department of Home Security

Department of Home Security
Department overview
Formed	26 June 1941
Preceding Department	Department of Defence Co-ordination;
Dissolved	1 February 1946
Superseding agency	Department of the Interior (II) – for civil defence functions; Department of Works and Housing – for Commonwealth Salvage Commission;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible	Joe Abbott, Minister (1941); Bert Lazzarini, Minister (1941–1946);
Department executives	Frederick Shedden, Secretary (1941); 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.

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