NX12225 John Raymond Broadbent, DSO

Date of birth	1914-07-24	Manly, NSW
Other	1935	Private in the Sydney University Regiment.
Date commissioned	1937-02-09	Appointed lieutenant.
Other units	1940-05-01	Seconded 2/17th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1940-05-07	Enlisted in the 2nd AIF.
Other units	1940-05-09 - 1940-06-07	Attached Headquarters 20th Battalion.
Other	1940-11-25	Arrived Middle East.
Date promoted	1941-01-07	Appointed captain.
Other units	1941-03-03 - 1941-08-25	Seconded instructor 20th Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
Other	1942-12-31	Course - Combined Operations School Number 1.
Date returned to Australia	1943-02-27	Returned to Sydney.
Other	1943-08-04	Arrived New Guinea.
Date returned to Australia	1944-02-10	Returned to Townsville.
Date promoted	1944-02-28	Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel, and commanding officer 2/17th Battalion.
Other units	1944-02-28 - 1946-02-08	Appointed to 2/17th Battalion as a temporary lieutenant colonel.
Date of honour or award	1944-04-24	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Other	1945-04-21	Arrived Morotai.
Other units	1945-05-16	Attached Headquarters 9th Division.
Other	1945-06-09	Arrived British North Borneo.
Date returned to Australia	1945-12-19	Returned to Brisbane.
Other	1946-02-08	Relinquished command 2/17th Battalion.
Other	1946-03-16	Placed on the Reserve of Officers.
Other units	1948-04-01	Commanding officer 17/18th Battalion.
Other	1951-06-30	Placed on the Reserve of Officers.
Other units	1955-07-02	Appointed temporary brigadier to command 5th Brigade.
Date promoted	1956-07-02	Appointed brigadier.
Other	1958-07-01	Eastern Command Officers Staff Group (ACMF).
Other	1963-12-01	Major general command to Headquarters Communications Zone.
Other	1965-08-17 - 1966-11-30	General officer commanding 2nd Division.
Other	1966-12-01	Unattached List Eastern Command.