Australian Military Units

Major General John Gellibrand, KCB, DSO, DSM

Date of birth	1872-12-05	Lleintwardeinse, Ouse, TAS
Date graduated	1893	Graduated from Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Other	1893	Qualified as German and French interpreter.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1893-10-21	Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the South Lancashire Regiment and posted to 1 Battalion.
Date promoted	1895	Promoted to Lieutenant.
Other units	1900	Transferred to 3 Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Other	1900-02	Commanded a compnay in the releif of Ladysmith in South Africa.
Other	1900-03	Served in Natal.
Date graduated	1907	Graduated from Staff College, Camberley.
Other	1907	Posted to Ceylon, but resigned his commission.
Other	1912	Returned to Tasmania and became an orchardist.
Other	1914-08-20	Appointed to the Administrative Staff of 1 Australian Division.
Date promoted	1914-09-23	Promoted to Major.
Date wounded	1915-04	Wounded twice and was evacuated to Egypt.
Other	1915-04-25	Participated in the landing at Gallipoli.
Other	1915-05	Returned to Gallipoli.
Date promoted	1915-12	Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and given command of 12 Battalion.
Other units	1915-12	Transferred to the staff of 2 Division.
Date of honour or award	1916	Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and was Mentioned in Despatches for his work at Gallipoli.
Date promoted	1916-03	Promoted to Colonel, and soon after Temporary Brigadier General.
Other units	1916-03	Appointed Commander of 6 Infantry Brigade in Egypt.
Date wounded	1916-05	Wounded in Frane.
Other	1916-06	Involved in operations at Poziers, Mougquet Farm, the Bapaume Sector, Bullecourt (where he was awarded the bar to his DSO), and Hindenburg Line.
Other	1917	Posted to the United Kingdom where he undertook the reorganisation of AIF training depots.
Other	1917-11	Returned to France to command 12 Brigade.
Date of honour or award	1918-05	Appointed CB and later KCB for his service in France.
Date promoted	1918-05	Promoted to Major General.
Date returned to Australia	1918-05-06	Returned to his farm in Risden, Tas. He went on to hold various government, military and political posts in Australia, and had a pivotal role in the establishment of the Legacy movement.
Date of honour or award	1919	Awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Date of honour or award	1919	Awarded the Legion d'Honnuer.
Date of honour or award	1919	Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (United States Army).
Date of death	1945-06-03	'Balaclava', Murrindindi, VIC