TX2001 Lieutenant Colonel Horace William Strutt, DSO

TX2001 Lieutenant Colonel Horace William Strutt, DSO

Date of birth1903-12-19 Hobart TAS 
Other units  1924  6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade. 
Date commissioned  1924-07-01   
Other units  1924-07-01  Australian Field Artillery, 12th Mixed Brigade. 
Other  1927-03-10 - 1930-12-22  Aide de camp to Governor of Tasmania. 
Date promoted  1928-08-01  Captain. 
Date promoted  1933-08-07  Major. 
Other units  1938-03-15  Commanding officer 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade. 
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)  1939-10-24  Enlisted 2nd AIF. 
Other units  1939-10-24  10th Battery 2/5th Field Regiment. 
Other  1940-01-31  Course - School of Artillery. 
Other units  1940-05-09  Commanding officer 2/1st Anti Tank Regiment. 
Other  1940-06-17  Arrived United Kingdom. 
Other units  1940-06-26  Commanding officer 70th Battalion. 
Other units  1940-06-26 - 1940-09-17  2/31st Battalion. 
Other units  1940-09-17  Commanding officer 2/3rd Field Regiment. 
Other  1940-12-31  Arrived Middle East. 
Other  1941-06  Arrived Middle East. 
Date of honour or award  1941-07-19  Mention in Despatches. 
Date promoted  1941-08-14  Temporary brigadier. 
Other units  1941-08-18  Attached Headquarters Artillery 6th Division. 
Date of honour or award  1941-09-27  Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. 
Date returned to Australia  1942-03-31  Adelaide. 
Other units  1942-05-13  Royal Artillery, Northern Territory Force. 
Other units  1942-12-21  Royal Artillery 12th Division. 
Other  1944-06-07  Retired List. 
Other  c 1941-04-05  Arrived Greece. 
Date of death1985-11-05