NX8 / Lieutenant General Leslie James Morshead, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO

Date of birth	1889-09-18	Ballarat, VIC
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1914-09-13	Enlisted in the AIF.
Other	1914-09-13	Appointed to the 2nd Battalion with the rank of lieutenant.
Date promoted	1914-10-18	Appointed captain.
Other	1915-01-01	Second in command, C Company, 2nd Battalion.
Other	1915-04-25	Landed at Gallipoli.
Date promoted	1915-06-08	Appointed major.
Date of honour or award	1916-01-28	Mention in Despatches.
Date promoted	1916-04-16	Appointed lieutenant colonel and given command of the 33rd Battalion.
Date of honour or award	1917-06-01	Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award	1917-06-04	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Date of honour or award	1918-12-31	Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award	1919-01-23	French Legion of Honour - 5th Class Chevalier.
Other units	1919-07-14	Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters AIF Depots UK.
Date of honour or award	1919-10-24	Mention in Despatches.
Date returned to Australia	1919-12	Returned to Sydney.
Other	1920-03-15	AIF appointment terminated.
Date of honour or award	1920-03-25	Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
Date of honour or award	1920-04-01	Mention in Despatches.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1939-10-10	Enlisted in the 2nd AIF and was given command of the 18th Brigade.
Other	1940-05	Sailed for Britain.
Date of honour or award	1941-01-01	Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Date promoted	1941-02	Promoted to major general in command of the 9th Division.
Date of honour or award	1942-01-06	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Date of honour or award	1942-06-30	Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award	1942-11-24	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
Date returned to Australia	1943	On returning to Australia he took command of II Corps which he led in New Guinea.
Date of honour or award	1943-06	Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award	1943-06-24	Mention in Despatches.
Other units	1944	Given command of I Corps, leading them through the final battles of the war in Borneo.
Date of honour or award	1944-11-23	Polish Virtuti Militari - sixth class.
Date of discharge	1945-12-21
Date of honour or award	1947-03	Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award	1947-03-06	Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award	1948-01-02	Medal of Freedom.
Date of death	1959-09-26	Sydney, NSW

Served as a Lieutenant at Gallipoli. Served as a senior commanding officer at Lieutenant General rank during Second World War. Lieutenant General with 1 Australian Corps prior to discharge from the Army, 21 December 1945.