VX14250 (3/129001) Lieutenant Colonel Phillip Edington Rhoden

VX14250 (3/129001) Lieutenant Colonel Phillip Edington Rhoden

Date of birth1914-12-23 Essendon, VIC 
Date commissioned  1933-08-03   
Other units  1933-12-22  Australian Field Artillery. 
Other  1935-06-22  Unattached List 
Other units  1937-01-08  14th Battalion. 
Other units  1940-05-06  Seconded captain 2/14th Battalion. 
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)  1940-05-06  Enlisted in the 2nd AIF. 
Other  1940-11-25  Arrived Middle East. 
Date returned to Australia  1942-03-24   
Date promoted  1942-06-30  Temporary major. 
Other  1942-08-12  Arrived Moresby. 
Date returned to Australia  1943-01-16  Returned to Cairns. 
Other units  1943-01-27  Attached 2/27th Battalion. 
Other units  1943-03-09  Seconded commanding officer 21st Australian Infantry Training Battalion. 
Other  1943-06-09  Married. 
Other  1943-10-17  Arrived Moresby. 
Other units  1943-10-21 - 1945-10-08  Commanding officer 2/14th Battalion. 
Date promoted  1943-11-26  Temporary lieutenant colonel. 
Other units  1943-12-30  Attached 21st Brigade. 
Date of honour or award  1944-01-31  Mention in Despatches. 
Date returned to Australia  1944-03-08   
Other  1944-06-18 - 1944-07-13  Course Land Headquarters Tactical senior officers. 
Date promoted  1944-07-20  Lieutenant colonel. 
Date of honour or award  1945-03-31  Officer of the Order of the British Empire. 
Other  1945-05-31  Arrived Morotai. 
Date returned to Australia  1946-02-04   
Other  1946-03-05  Reserve of Officers. 
Date of honour or award  1947-05-06  Mention in Despatches. 
Other units  1948-04-01  Commanding officer MUR. 
Other  1951-06-30  Reserve of Officers. 
Other  c 1945-08-01  Arrived Balikpapan. 
Other  c 1945-09-29  Arrived Makassar.