Service number | DX852, 72 |
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Ranks Held | Brigadier, Lieutenant Colonel, Major |
Birth Date | 17/09/1920 |
Birth Place | Australia: South Australia, Adelaide |
Death Date | 02/02/2003 |
Final Rank | Major General |
Service | Australian Army |
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Place | Adelaide |
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Major General Ronald Laurence Hughes
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
- Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Task Force
- Conflict
- Vietnam War, 1962-1975
- Rank
- Brigadier
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
Timeline
Date of birth | 17/09/1920 | |
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Other units | 1939 - 1945 | 2/3rd Battalion. |
Other | 1939 | Graduated from the Royal Military College. |
Date of honour or award | 1952 | Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. |
Other units | 1952 - 1953 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, Korea. |
Other | 1964 - 1966 | Services Attache Indonesia. |
Other | 1966 - 1967 | Commander 6 Task Force. |
Other units | 1967 - 1968 | Commander 1st Australian Task Force, South Vietnam. |
Date of honour or award | 1968 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire. |
Other | 1970 - 1974 | Director Military Operations and Plans Army HQ. |
Other units | 1974 - 1976 | Commander 1 Division. |
Other | 1976 - 1977 | Chief of the Reserve, Army Headquarters. |
Other | 1977 | Retired. |
Date of death | 02/02/2003 |
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