VX5423 James de Mole Carstairs

Date of birth	1914-10-12	Melbourne, VIC
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1939-10-21	Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other units	1939-11-09	2/7th Battalion.
Other units	1939-12-07	C Platoon (acting Sergeant).
Date promoted	1939-12-08	Appointed sergeant.
Date commissioned	1939-12-20	Lieutenant.
Other	1940-05-17	Arrived Middle East.
Other	1941-03-23	Evacuated sick - conjunctivitis.
Other	1941-06-09	Reported missing in action.
Other	1942-02-12	Arrived Middle East.
Date promoted	1942-02-17	Appointed captain.
Other	1942-03-27	Arrived Ceylon.
Date returned to Australia	1942-08-04	Returned to Melbourne.
Other	1942-10-21	Arrived New Guinea.
Other units	1942-12-06	42nd Battalion.
Date returned to Australia	1942-12-14	Returned to Sydney.
Date promoted	1943-02-10	Appointed major.
Date returned to Australia	1943-06-12	Returned to Townsville.
Other units	1943-06-19 - 1943-07-31	Land Headquarters Tactical School (Senior Officers).
Other	1943-09-19	Arrived New Guinea.
Other	1943-12-31 - 1944-01-15	Lae Fort - Training School.
Date wounded	1944-01-13	Accidentally wounded during training exercise at Lae.
Other units	1944-04-18 - 1945-08-28	Lieutenant colonel and commanding officer 22nd Battalion.
Date returned to Australia	1944-08-17	Returned to Brisbane.
Other	1945-01-11	Arrived New Britain.
Date returned to Australia	1945-09-01
Other	1945-10-18	Reserve of Officers.
Other	c 1941-04-10	Arrived Greece.
Other	c 1943-01-10	Arrived Milne Bay.