Colonel Robert Henry Beardsmore

Ranks Held Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 12/08/1873
Death Date 25/12/1959
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 30th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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

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Date of birth 12/08/1873
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 18/08/1914 Appointed major on the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF).
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 05/08/1915 Appointed to the 30th Battalion, AIF with the rank of major.
Other units 28/07/1916 32nd Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 13/11/1916
Date promoted 28/07/1916 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of honour or award 26/07/1916 Distinguished Service Order.
Date of recommendation honour or award 23/07/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 03/08/1916
Date of honour or award 04/01/1917 Mention in Despatches.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/01/1919
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/02/1919
Other 13/02/1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 25/12/1959

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