QX54945 (Q27608) Lieutenant Harold Joseph Wiles, DSO

QX54945 (Q27608) Lieutenant Harold Joseph Wiles, DSO

Date of birth1894-11-15 Bedford, UK 
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)  1915-12-30   
Other units  1916-02-08  35th Battalion. 
Other units  1916-02-22  2/41st reinforcements. 
Other units  1916-03-28  41st Battalion. 
Date promoted  1916-09-26  Sergeant. 
Date commissioned  1917-01-13   
Other  1917-02-27  Seconded 11th Infantry Training Battalion. 
Date promoted  1917-07-16  Lieutenant. 
Date of honour or award  1918-06-01  Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. 
Date wounded  1918-09-29  Gun shot wound to left leg. 
Date of honour or award  1918-11-08  Mention in Despatches. 
Date returned to Australia  1919-01-22   
Other  1919-04-15  AIF appointment terminated. 
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)  1940-07-27  Appointed lieutenant 61st Battalion. 
Date promoted  1940-09-19  Temporary captain. 
Other  1941-02-14  Full time duty Headquarters Northern Command Maryborough. 
Other  1941-03-01  Transferred to Australian Intelligence Corps. 
Other units  1941-03-28  61st Battalion. 
Date promoted  1941-04-09  Temporary major. 
Other  1941-06-17  Full time duty AIF Mobile Recruiting Unit. 
Other units  1941-09-22  61st Battalion. 
Other  1942-03-23  Course - RAAF School of Army Co-Op 3. 
Other  1942-07-11  Arrived New Guinea. 
Other  1943-02-07 - 1943-04-20  Course - Land Headquarters Tactical School. 
Date returned to Australia  1943-02-13  Returned to Sydney 
Other  1943-04-20  Arrived New Guinea. 
Other units  1943-08-19 - 1944-04-01  Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 61st Battalion. 
Date promoted  1943-09-16  Lieutenant colonel. 
Date returned to Australia  1944-01-07  Returned to Cairns. 
Other units  1944-04-01 - 1946-02-28  Commanding officer 1st Garrison Battalion. 
Other  1945-05-26  Course - School of Mechanisation (3A Mobile Wing). 
Other  1946-03-15  Reserve of Officers.