Service number | 72, DX852 |
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Ranks Held | Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Brigadier |
Birth Date | 17 September 1920 |
Birth Place | Australia: South Australia, Adelaide |
Death Date | 02 February 2003 |
Final Rank | Major General |
Service | Royal Australian Infantry |
Units | |
Place | Adelaide |
Conflict/Operation | Korea, 1950-1953 |
Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1953-05-26 Published in London Gazette in 1969-01-28 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1953-05-26 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1968-11-21 |
Major General Ronald Laurence Hughes
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
- Conflict
- Korea, 1950-1953
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 26 May 1953 on page 2909 at position 9
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 26 May 1953 on page 1549 at position 2
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Task Force
- Conflict
- Vietnam, 1962-1975
- Rank
- Brigadier
- London Gazette
- 28 January 1969 on page 1007 at position 1
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 21 November 1968 on page 6517 at position 2
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Korea, 1950-1953
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Korea, 1950-1953
Timeline
Date of birth | 17 September 1920 | |
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date of birth | 17 September 1920 | |
Other | 1939 | Graduated from the Royal Military College. |
Other units | 1939 - 1945 | 2/3rd Battalion. |
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 February 2003 | |
Date of death | 02 February 2003 |