QX6007 (1/21001) Jack Lowell Amies

QX6007 (1/21001) Jack Lowell Amies

Date of birth	1913-12-14	Sydney, NSW
Date commissioned	1935-08-14
Other	1935-08-14	Lieutenant Australian Field Artillery.
Other	1939-10-13	Seconded lieutenant 6th Division Artillery.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1939-10-28	Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other units	1939-11-07	10th Field Battery, 2/5th Field Regiment.
Other units	1940-01-19	2/1st Anti Tank Regiment.
Other	1940-02-24	Course - School of Artillery.
Other	1940-06-17	Arrived Scotland.
Other units	1940-06-27	2/31st Battalion.
Date promoted	1940-06-28	Appointed captain.
Other	1940-07-15	Course - Junior Leaders AIF School Tilshead.
Other	1940-08-28 - 1940-09-04	Attached London PI.
Other	1941-03-09	Arrived Middle East from United Kingdom.
Date promoted	1941-07-19	Appointed major.
Other	1941-08-30	Course - Middle East Combined Training Centre.
Other	1941-12-20	Special Duty.
Date returned to Australia	1942-03-10	Returned to Adelaide.
Other units	1942-08-11 - 1944-09-14	Temporary lieutenant colonel, Commanding Officer 15th Battalion.
Other	1943-01-12	Arrived Milne Bay.
Date returned to Australia	1943-11-30
Date of honour or award	1943-12-23	Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Other	1943-12-28	Arrived Moresby.
Date promoted	1944-04-20	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of honour or award	1944-05-31	Mention in Despatches.
Date returned to Australia	1944-06-04	Returned to Brisbane.
Other	1944-09-22 - 1945-09-24	Instructor Land Headquarters Tactical School.
Other	1945-10-30	Reserve of Officers.
Other units	1948-04-01	Commanding officer 9th Battalion.
Other	1951-10-18	Reserve of Officers.
Other	1952-02-22	General service officer grade 1 Citizens Military Force Headquarters Northern Command.
Other units	1954-04-18	Commanding Officer 7th Brigade.
Other	1956-04-20 - 1959-04-20	Honourary Aide de Camp to the Governor General.
Date of honour or award	1959-04-20	Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Date of death	1996-11-07