Colonel Robert Henry Beardsmore

Ranks Held Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 1873-08-12
Death Date 1959-12-25
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 30th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1916-09-26
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-12-14
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29

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    Group portrait in the Officers' Mess of Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force ...

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Date of birth 12 August 1873
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 18 August 1914 Appointed major on the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF).
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 05 August 1915 Appointed to the 30th Battalion, AIF with the rank of major.
Date of recommendation honour or award 23 July 1916
Date of honour or award 26 July 1916 Distinguished Service Order.
Date promoted 28 July 1916 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other units 28 July 1916 32nd Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 03 August 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 13 November 1916
Date of honour or award 04 January 1917 Mention in Despatches.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 January 1919
Date of recommendation honour or award 04 February 1919
Other 13 February 1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 25 December 1959

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