VX108139 Eric Clive Tait 'Snow White' Matthewson

VX108139 Eric Clive Tait 'Snow White' Matthewson

Date of birth1894-08-02 Melbourne VIC 
Date commissioned  1917-01-01  2nd Lieutenant. 
Date promoted  1917-10-01  Promoted to lieutenant. 
Other  1919-09-17  Demobilised. 
Other  1920-07-01  Placed on the Reserve of Officers as a lieutenant. 
Other units  1939-03-03  29/22nd Battalion. 
Other units  1939-08-24  29th Battalion. 
Date promoted  1939-10-21  Appointed temporary captain. 
Date promoted  1940-05-22  Appointed temporary major. 
Other units  1940-08-20  22nd Battalion. 
Other  1940-08-27 - 1943-07-03  Commanding officer 22nd Battalion. 
Date promoted  1941-04-22  Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel. 
Other  1941-06-09 - 1941-07-05  Attended course at Southern Command Training School 10 - Commanding Officers and staff officers. 
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)  1942-07-23  Enlisted in the 2nd AIF. 
Other  1942-11-27 - 1942-12-20  Attended course - Joint Overseas Operation Training School. 
Other  1943-03-01  Arrived New Guinea. 
Date returned to Australia  1943-06-08  Returned to Townsville. 
Other  1943-10-25  PLaced on the Reserve of Officers. 
Date of death1958