Australian Military Units

Colonel Lachlan Chisolm Wilson

Date of birth	1871-07-11	Logan River, QLD
Other	1895	Admitted to the bar in Queensland and practiced law in Townsville.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1899	Volunteered for service in South Africa and served as a corporal in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry.
Date commissioned	1904	Commissioned as a lieutenant in the 15th Light Horse Regiment.
Date promoted	1911-02-06	Promoted to major.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1914-09-30	Appointed to the AIF with the rank of major as second in command of the 5th Light Horse Regiment.
Date of embarkation	1914-12-21	Embarked for Egypt on HMAT Beltana, arriving in Alexandria on 1914-12-25.
Date promoted	1915-08-01	Promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Other units	1915-08-01 - 1917-10-29	Commanding Officer of the 5th Light Horse Regiment.
Date of honour or award	1916-06-06	Mention in Despatches twice and made a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services in the Sinai Desert.
Date of honour or award	1917 - 1918	Mention in Despatches three more times.
Other units	1917-05-28 - 1917-06-05	Acting Commander of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade.
Other units	1917-10-30	Tookover as Commander of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade with the rank of temporary brigadier general.
Other	1918-12-24	Made a brevet lieutenant colonel in the AMF.
Date of honour or award	1919	Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).
Date of honour or award	1919-06-03	Made a COmpanion of the Bath (CB).
Date returned to Australia	1919-07-10
Date of embarkation	1919-07-10	Arrived in Sydney on 17 August 1919.
Other	1919-10-17	AIF appointment terminated.
Other	1923 - 1927	Aide de Camp to the Governor General.
Other units	1925 - 1929	Commanded the 11th Infantry Brigade.
Other units	1929 - 1931	Commanded the 1st Cavalry Brigade.
Other units	1941 - 1942	State Commandant of the Colunteer Defence Corps in Queensland.
Date of death	1947-04-07