SX1468 Arthur Sydney Wilfred Arnold, OBE

SX1468 Arthur Sydney Wilfred Arnold, OBE

Date of birth1906-04-18 Tumby Boy, SA 
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)  1925-02-11   
Date commissioned  1925-02-11   
Other units  1925-02-11  10th Battalion. 
Other  1927-05-02 - 1927-10-05  Seconded RAAF. 
Date promoted  1930-12-19  Captain. 
Other units  1936-10-01  10th Battalion. 
Date promoted  1937-06-15  Major. 
Other units  1939-11-13  Seconded 2/10th Battalion. 
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)  1939-12-09  Enlisted AIF. 
Other  1940-06-18  Arrived Scotland. 
Other  1940-12-31  Arrived Middle East from United Kingdom. 
Other units  1941-07-21  2/12th Battalion. 
Date returned to Australia  1942-05-29  Adelaide. 
Date promoted  1942-06-07  Temporary lieutenant colonel. 
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)  1942-06-07 - 1943-08-01  2/12th Battalion. 
Other  1942-08-16  Arrived New Guinea. 
Date returned to Australia  1943-03-10  Cairns. 
Date of honour or award  1943-05-29  Officer of the Order of the British Empire. 
Date of honour or award  1943-12-30  Mention in Despatches. 
Date promoted  1944-01-20  Lieutenant colonel. 
Other  1944-03-11  Retired List. 
Date of death1971-10-29