Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Nairn Roach

Service number 540, VX41587; Lieutenant Colonel
Ranks Held Captain, Corporal
Birth Date 03/05/1894
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Neutral Bay
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 5th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Neutral Bay
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth 03/05/1894 Neutral Bay, NSW.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) c 1912
Date promoted 09/09/1914 Corporal.
Date of embarkation 21/10/1914
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 17/08/1914 5th Battalion.
Date commissioned 08/12/1915
Date promoted 12/03/1916 Lieutenant.
Other 20/05/1916 Camp Commandant Headquarters 2nd Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/09/1917
Other 02/05/1918 Appointed in AIF terminated upon commissioning in Indian Army.
Other units 31/03/1921 5th Battalion.
Other 01/07/1921 Assistant staff officer G Branch Headquarters 4th Division.
Other 01/01/1921 Captain, Reserve of Officers.
Other 01/07/1922 Staff officer G Branch Headquarters 4th Division.
Other 01/07/1924 Staff officer Intelligence Section 3 District Base.
Other 01/12/1924 Reserve of Officers.
Other units 1928-01-04 - 1931-01-03 Staff captain 3rd Division Artillery.
Other units 27/01/1932 39th Battalion.
Other units 1932-01-27 - 1933-09-30 Seconded staff captain Headquarters 10th Brigade.
Date promoted 07/02/1934 Major.
Other units 01/12/1936 37/39th Battalion.
Other 06/01/1937 Deputy adjutant and quartermaster general Headquarters 4th Division.
Other units 27/06/1938 29/22nd Battalion.
Other 01/01/1938 General service officer grade 2 Headquarters 4th Division.
Other units 1939-11-09 - 1940-07-01 Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 14th Battalion.
Other units 24/08/1939 29th Battalion.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 26/06/1940 Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other units 1940-07-01 - 1942-01-17 Seconded 2/21st Battalion as commanding officer.
Other 17/12/1941 Arrived Ambon (Gull Force).
Date returned to Australia 17/01/1942 Returned to Darwin.
Other 10/03/1942 Reserve of Officers.

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