VX44770/Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Austin Frank Pond, OBE
VX44770/Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Austin Frank Pond, OBE
| Date of birth | 1905-12-08 | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Surrey Hills |
| Interwar Service 1 | 1923 | C Platoon MUR |
| Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) | 1923 | |
| Interwar Service 2 | 1924-07-01 | Sergeant |
| Interwar Service 3 | 1925-12-12 | warrant officer II Company Sergeant Major |
| Interwar Service 4 | 1926-09-09 | Lieutenant |
| Date commissioned | 1926-09-09 | |
| Interwar Service 5 | 1931-11-13 | Captain |
| Interwar Service 6 | 1938-09-20 | 5th Battalion |
| Interwar Service 7 | 1938-09-21 | Major |
| Career summary 1 | 1939-10-28 | Course Command and Staff School #12 Prospective Commanding Officers 15 |
| Career summary 2 | 1939-12-15 | Seconded General Service Officer Grade 3 Headquarters 4th Division |
| Career summary 3 | 1940-06-29 | General Service Officer Grade 2 Headquarters 4th Division |
| Career summary 4 | 1940-07-01 | Seconded 2/40th Battalion |
| Career summary 5 | 1940-08-11 | 2IC |
| Career summary 6 | 1940-11-09 | Brigade Major 27th Brigade |
| Career summary 7 | 1941-04-07 | Married |
| Career summary 8 | 1941-08-15 | Arrived Singapore |
| Career summary 9 | 1941-12-24 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
| Career summary 10 | 1942-01-25 | Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Officer 2/29th Battalion |
| Appointment | 1942-01-25 - 1942-02-15 | Battalion: 2/29th; Rank on appointment: Lieutenant Colonel; Appointed from: Brigade Major 27th Brigade; Reason for end of appointment: prisoner of war: Singapore |
| Career summary 11 | 1942-02-15 | Prisoner of War |
| Career summary 12 | 1942-02-16 | Missing in Action (reported) |
| Career summary 13 | 1943-04-19 | Attached F Force 9 (depart Singapore) |
| Career summary 14 | 1945-09-04 | Safe in Allied hands Changi |
| Career summary 15 | 1945-10-09 | Returned to Australia (Syd) |
| Career summary 16 | 1946-01-31 | ED |
| Career summary 17 | 1946-08-30 | Mention in Despatches (Malaya 42) |
| Career summary 19 | 1952-06-05 | General Service Officer Grade 1 AHeadquarters DMT(CMF) |
| Career summary 20 | 1955-12-09 | Retired List |
| Career summary 18 | *** POST WAR *** |
Background: attended Caufield Grammar MA, LL.B, DIP COM - Uni of Melb; Cadet Service: Area 46 A 1920-23; Militia Number: 3/129348; Occupation: Solicitor. POW.
