Date of birth |
24/10/1878 |
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Other |
29/08/1903 |
Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 14th Light Horse Regiment. |
Date promoted |
16/11/1908 |
Promoted to Captain |
Other |
31/01/1910 |
Moved to the unattached list. |
Date promoted |
01/07/1912 |
Became a Captain in the 11th Infantry (Darling Downs Regiment). |
Date promoted |
01/09/1913 |
Became brevet Major and was commanding the 11th Infantry when the war broke out. |
Other units |
21/08/1914 |
Second in Command 9 Battalion. |
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) |
20/08/1914 |
Appointed to the AIF as a Major and became second in command of the 9th Infantry Battalion. |
Date of embarkation |
24/09/1914 |
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Date promoted |
21/08/1914 |
Appointed Major. |
Other |
04/12/1914 |
9 Infantry Battalion arrived in Egypt. |
Date promoted |
28/06/1915 |
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. |
Date wounded |
25/04/1915 |
Landed at Anzac Cove with the 9th Battalion and was wounded and evacuated to Egypt. |
Other units |
13/12/1915 |
Brigadier, 3 Brigade Headquarters. |
Other |
03/06/1915 |
Returned to Anzac as senior officer of the battalion and took command. |
Other |
09/09/1915 |
Evacuated with enteric fever. |
Date of honour or award |
1915 |
For services at Gallipoli, made a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) and Mentioned in Despatches. |
Other units |
31/03/1915 |
Commanding Officer 9 Battalion. |
Date promoted |
31/05/1915 |
Appointed Temporary Lieutenant Colonel. |
Date of recommendation honour or award |
06/10/1916 |
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Other units |
10/01/1916 |
Rejoined 9 Battalion. |
Other units |
18/11/1916 |
Commanding Officer 12 Infantry Brigade. |
Date promoted |
01/03/1916 |
Appointed Colonel. |
Date promoted |
18/11/1916 |
Appointed temporary Brigadier General appointed to command the 12th Infantry Brigade. |
Date promoted |
24/09/1917 |
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel. |
Date of recommendation honour or award |
08/03/1917 |
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Date of recommendation honour or award |
09/1917 |
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Date of honour or award |
1917 |
For services at the Western Front, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and Mentioned in Despatches three times. |
Date of recommendation honour or award |
09/03/1918 |
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Other units |
18/07/1918 |
Commanding Officer 6 Infantry Brigade. |
Other units |
07/06/1918 |
Director of training AIF Depots in the United Kingdom. |
Other units |
24/05/1918 |
AIF Headquarters. |
Date promoted |
01/08/1918 |
Appointed to Colonel. |
Other units |
15/10/1918 |
Temporary Commanding Officer 2nd Australian Division. |
Other units |
02/12/1918 |
Resumed command 6 Infantry Brigade. |
Date of recommendation honour or award |
24/09/1918 |
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Date of honour or award |
1918 |
Made a Companion of the Bath (CB) and Mentioned in Despatches twice. |
Other |
1919-09-01 - 1919-09-30 |
Officiated as General Officer Commanding AIF Depots in the United Kingdom. |
Other units |
07/04/1919 |
Assumed command No 2 C Group. |
Date of recommendation honour or award |
30/01/1919 |
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Other |
1920 - 1926 |
Commanded the 3rd Brigade and the 7th Brigade. |
Date returned to Australia |
1920 |
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Other |
02/03/1920 |
AIF appointment terminated. |
Other |
1944 |
Placed on the retired list with the rank of Brigadier General. |
Date of death |
22/01/1951 |
Died of cancer and buried with full military honours. |