Investigators heard 238 complaints of heavy abuse at HMAS Leeuwin training school . Victims endured naked beatings , rape with mop handle , genital abuse . The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been told that the number of reported cases is likely much higher than that. Most of the abuse was in the 1960s and '70s ; the training program shut down in 1984 .
Investigators heard 238 complaints of heavy abuse at HMAS Leeuwin training school . Victims endured naked beatings , rape with mop handle , genital abuse . Beatings ended in broken bones , smashed teeth , cut faces , concussions . Most of the abuse was in the 1960s and '70s ; the training program shut down in 1984 .