Australian Military Units

386601 / Colonel Selwyn Havelock Watson Craig (Bill) Porter, CBE, DSO

Date of birth	23 February 1905	Australia: Victoria, Tintaldra
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)	1924-12-05
Other units	1924-12-05	58th Battalion.
Date commissioned	1924-12-05
Date promoted	1928-02-15	Captain.
Other units	1934-04-16 - 1936-11-23	Seconded staff captain 15th Brigade.
Date promoted	1936-11-18	Major.
Other units	1939-10-13	Seconded major 2/5th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1939-10-19	Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other	1940-05-18	Arrived Middle East.
Other units	1941-01-17	2/5th Battalion.
Other units	1941-01-28 - 1941-02-26	Attached 2/6th Battalion.
Other units	1941-02-27	Commanding officer 2/31st Battalion.
Other units	1941-02-27 - 1942-03-25	2/31st Battalion.
Date wounded	1941-06-14	Gun shot wound to left thigh.
Date of honour or award	1941-07-19	Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award	1941-11-08	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Other units	1942-03-25	Commander 30th Brigade.
Date promoted	1942-09-01	Colonel.
Other	1943-09-09	Chief instructor Land Headquarters Tactical School.
Other	1943-11-09	Arrived Moresby.
Other units	1943-11-10	Commanding Officer 24th Brigade.
Date returned to Australia	1944-01-23	Townsville.
Other	1944-07-31	Course - 1 Australian Corps Command and Staff 19.
Other	1945-03-23	Arrived Morotai.
Other units	1945-03-31	Attached Headquarters 9th Division.
Date returned to Australia	1945-10-04	Darwin.
Other	1945-11-20	Reserve of Officers.
Date of honour or award	1947-04-01	Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Other units	1948-08-02	Commander 6th Brigade.
Other units	1950-05-02	Commander 3rd Division.
Other	1953-07-02	Citizens Military Force Member Military Board.
Other	1954-08-16	Reserve of Officers.
Other	c 1942-04-15	Arrived New Guinea.
Other	c 1945-06-01	Arrived Labuan.
Date of death	18 October 1963

Colonel with 24 Infantry Brigade prior to discharge from the Army, 19 November 1945.