Australian Military Units

Major (WW1), TX2050 Major General (WW2) Cyril Albert Clowes, CBE, DSO, MC

Date of birth	1892-03-11	Warwick, QLD.
Other	1911	Entered the Royal Military College at Duntroon.
Date promoted	1914	Clowes graduated from the Royal Military College and was appointed lieutenant with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, AIF.
Other	1915-05-25	Landed at Gallipoli.
Date promoted	1916-01	Appointed staff captain, 2nd Divisional Artillery.
Date promoted	1917-01	Appointed major.
Date of honour or award	1917-01-01	Awarded Military Cross (MC) for actions on the Western Front the previous year.
Date of honour or award	1917-02-15	Gazetted Serbian Order of the White Eagle - 3rd Class.
Date of honour or award	1919-01-01	Awarded Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for actions at Villers Bretonneux the previous year.
Date returned to Australia	1919-04
Date of discharge	1919-06	Appointment with the AIF terminated.
Other	1920 - 1925	Took up position as an instructor at Duntroon.
Other	1925 - 1930	Undertook staff, training and command duties.
Date promoted	1936	Promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Other	1939-08	Given command of Australia's 6th Division Military District.
Date promoted	1939-11	Appointed temporary brigadier.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1940-04-22	Enlisted in the 2nd AIF and appointed commander of the Royal Australian Artillery, 1 Corps.
Other	1940-12	Arrived in the Middle East.
Other	1941	Served in the Greek campaign.
Date promoted	1942-01	Returned to Australia and was promoted to temporary major general and given command of 1st Division.
Other	1942-07	Sent to Port Morseby and given command of Milne Force.
Date returned to Australia	1943
Date of honour or award	1943-05-28	Gazetted Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Date of discharge	1949-06	Retired from the army with the rank of lieutenant general.
Date of death	1968-05-19	Died at Heidelberg Hospital in Melbourne.