Australian Military Units

319 (VX20316) Brigadier Tom Warren White

Date of birth	1902-11-28	Brisbane, QLD
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1921-02-17 - 1924-12-10	Royal Military College.
Date promoted	1924-12-11	Appointed lieutenant.
Other units	1925-07-13	Appointed adjutant and quartermaster general, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.
Other	1926-09-22 - 1927-12-07	Posted to India.
Other units	1927-12-08	Appointed adjutant and quartermaster general, 11th Light Horse Regiment.
Other units	1931-09-17	Appointed adjutant and quartermaster general, 15th Light Horse Regiment.
Date promoted	1932-12-11	Appointed captain.
Other units	1934-09-20	Appointed adjutant and quartermaster general, 2/14th Light Horse Regiment.
Other	1936-10-01	Attached G Branch Army Headquarters.
Other	1937-11-23 - 1940-03-20	Attended course at Staff College, Camberly.
Other	1939-09-02 - 1939-11-30	Attached to War Office, United Kingdom.
Other	1939-12-28 - 1940-01-11	Attached British Expeditionary Force, France.
Other	1940-03-20	Attended course at Staff College, Camberly.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1940-04-03	Enlisted Second Australian Imperial Force and seconded to 7th Division, Headquarters.
Other units	1940-07-01	Headquarters 24th Brigade.
Other units	1940-08-01	7th Division Cavalry Regiment.
Other units	1940-08-01	Seconded Headquarters 26th Brigade.
Other	1940-12-17	Arrived Middle East.
Other	1940-12-20	Seconded as a general service officer grade 2 to Headquarters, 9th Division.
Other	1941-06-09 - 1941-06-12	Attached Special Duty.
Other	1941-10-12 - 1941-10-20	Attached Special Duty.
Other	1941-11-19	Attached Headquarters, AIF, Middle East.
Date promoted	1942-01-01 - 1942-06-10	Appointed commanding officer of 2/1st Battalion with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Other	1942-03-27	Arrived Ceylon.
Date of honour or award	1942-04-01	Mention in Despatches.
Other	1942-06-10	Relinquished command of 2/1st Battalion.
Other	1942-07-11	Attached Land Headquarters
Other	1942-07-21	Appointed temporary colonel, general staff, Staff Duties & Training, Advanced Land Headquarters.
Date of honour or award	1942-09-04	Mention in Despatches.
Other	1942-09-23	Temporary colonel General Staff Operations, Land Headquarters.
Other	1942-11-02 - 1942-12-16	Attached Headquarters, New Guinea.
Other	1942-11-19	Appointed, as a replacement officer, to brigadier general staff Headquarters, New Guinea Force.
Other	1942-11-24	Arrived Moresby.
Other	1943-02-09	Relinquished brigadier general staff.
Other	1943-04-28	Appointed temporary brigadier.
Other	1943-11-25	Attached to General Headquarters, South-West Pacific Area.
Other	1943-12-05	Relinquish director of Staff Duties.
Date promoted	1944-10-24	Gazetted Colonel, retained rank of temporary brigadier, back dated to 1 September 1942.
Other	1945-01-25	Appointed Deputy Australian Army Representative, Australian Army Staff United Kingdom
Other	1945-05-25	Arrived United Kingdom.
Other	1945-08-11 - 1945-08-20	Attached Special Duty, Paris.
Other	1945-08-23	Relinquished Deputy Australian Army Representative, Australian Army Staff United Kingdom.
Other	1945-10-03	Appointed to head Australian Military Mission Germany - Berlin.
Date returned to Australia	1948-02-28	Returned to Melbourne, VIC.
Other	1948-04-28	Seconded Department of Immigration.
Other	1948-04-29 - 1948-08-16	Posted to the Middle East.
Other	1948-09-24 - 1948-11-23	Posted to the United Kingdom.
Other	1949-11-02	Relinquish honourary brigadier.
Other	1949-11-02	Appointed colonel, Plans & Coordination, A Branch Army Headquarters.
Other	1951-02-19	Appointed colonel administering Headquarters Northern command.
Other	1952-05-15	Appointed honourary brigadier, Australian Staff Corps.
Other	1954-09-20	Appointed honourary brigadier in command administering Headquarters, Southern command.
Date promoted	1955-01-01	Appointed brigadier.
Date of discharge	1957-11-28	Transferred to Retired List.

Extra Service Number: QP20084; Militia Number: 3/19.