Major General Ronald Laurence Hughes

Service number	72, DX852
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	2/3 Battalion 1 Australian Task Force Vietnam Darwin Mobile Force 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment 1st Australian Task Force 2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Place	Adelaide
Conflicts/Operations	Korea, 1950-1953 Second World War, 1939-1945 Vietnam, 1962-1975
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1953-05-26 Published in London Gazette in 1969-01-28 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1953-06-04 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1968-11-21

Collection items

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