Service number | QX6158, VP16020, 1/10, 110 |
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Ranks Held | Brigadier, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major |
Birth Date | 15/12/1916 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Geelong |
Death Date | 13/10/1985 |
Death Place | Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra |
Final Rank | Brigadier |
Service | Australian Army |
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Brigadier Maurice Austin
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Australian Army Service Corps
- Conflict
- Period 1960-1979
- Rank
- Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
- Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 29th Australian Infantry Brigade
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Major
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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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 | 15/12/1916 | |
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Date graduated | 1938 | Graduated from the Royal Military College. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 30/04/1940 | 2/27th Battalion. |
Other | 1946-1950 | Australian Military Mission, Washington, DC. |
Other units | 1952-1953 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, Korea. |
Date of honour or award | 1952 | Awarded the Distinguished Service Order. |
Other units | 1957-1958 | Commandant Jungle Training Centre. |
Other | 1961-1964 | ADC (Honorary) to Governor General of Australia. |
Date of honour or award | 1962 | Awarded Order of the British Empire. |
Other | 1964-1971 | Deputy Adjutant General. |
Other | 1971 | Retired. |
Date of death | 13/10/1985 |
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- LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-08. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE MARCH PAST, HEADQUARTERS, 29TH INFANTRY ...
- Staff School Australia - Duntroon
- Group portrait of officers of 2/27 Battalion. Back row, left to right: SX3079 Lieutenant (Lt) ...
- Austin, Maurice 'Bunny' (Brigadier, DSO, OBE)
- Grey, Jeffrey Guy (b.1959 - d.2016)