Major General Heathcote Howard Hammer

Service number 3107396, VX24325
Ranks Held Brigadier, Temporary Brigadier
Birth Date 15/02/1905
Birth Place Australia: Western Australia, Southern Cross
Death Date 10/03/1961
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Brighton
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 15th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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    L-R: CAPT. C. LONG, LT. R. SKINNER, MAJOR HAMMER, AND CAPT. WARDEN, AT DINNER GIVEN BY THE ...

    L-R: CAPT. HUDSON, LT. YOUNKEN, CAPT. LONG, CAPT. SKINNER, MAJOR HAMMER, CAPT. KENT, AND CAPT. ...

    SOMEWHERE AT SEA. CAPT. MADDEN, MAJOR HAYES, MAJOR HAMMER, CAPT. FARNINGTON, CAPT. O'BRIEN, MAJOR ...

    TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-03. THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 2/48TH INFANTRY BATTALION, LIEUTENANT ...

    TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. LIEUTENANT COLONEL H.H. HAMMER, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/48TH ...

    OFFICERS CHATTING AFTER A PARADE AT MAIN HEADQUARTERS, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, AT WHICH OFFICERS ...

    DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-16. THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION CEREMONIAL CHURCH PARADE IN ...

    DUMPU, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-16. THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION CEREMONIAL CHURCH PARADE IN ...

    Senior officers at the dedication of the Dumpu War Cemetery. The four officials from left to ...

    SIAR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-18. OFFICERS OF HEADQUARTERS, 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. IDENTIFIED ...

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 15/02/1905 Southern Cross, WA.
Date commissioned 25/02/1926 Lieutenant, 8th Battalion.
Date promoted 25/02/1935 Appointed captain.
Other 03/07/1936 Reserve of Officers.
Other units 26/01/1937 17th Machine Gun Regiment.
Date promoted 09/01/1939 Appointed major.
Other 1940-11-20 - 1940-12-21 Course Middle East Tactical School.
Other units 01/08/1940 Seconded Headquarters Australian General Base Depot.
Other units 02/11/1940 Attached 16th Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 08/06/1940 Enlisted in the 2nd AIF.
Other units 01/07/1940 7th Division Cavalry Regiment.
Other units 14/06/1940 Headquarters 1 Australian Corps.
Other 13/10/1940 Arrived Middle East.
Other 05/1941 Arrived Middle East.
Other c 1941-03-20 Arrived Greece.
Other units 05/03/1941 Brigade major Headquarters 16th Brigade.
Other units 21/01/1941 Seconded AIF Middle East reinforcements S Depot.
Other 14/06/1941 Course Middle East Combined Training Centre.
Other units 21/01/1941 Commanding officer (temporary) Depot Battalion.
Other units 1942-01-08 - 1943-06-18 Lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/48th Battalion.
Date wounded 31/10/1942 Wounded in action - gun shot wound right cheek.
Other 09/11/1942 Returned to unit.
Other units 18/06/1943 Temporary brigadier, commander 15th Brigade.
Date of honour or award 16/01/1943 Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Other 25/06/1943 Arrived New Guinea.
Date returned to Australia 25/02/1943 Returned to Melbourne.
Other units 23/11/1943 Attached Headquarters 29th Brigade.
Other 30/12/1944 Arrived Bougainville.
Date returned to Australia 24/11/1944 Returned to Townsville.
Date promoted 24/10/1944 Appointed colonel (retains rank of temporary brigadier).
Date of honour or award 01/05/1944 Bar to Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Date returned to Australia 27/06/1944 Returned to Townsville.
Other 16/11/1944 Arrived Bougainville.
Date returned to Australia 01/10/1945 Returned to Brisbane.
Other 29/11/1945 Reserve of Officers.
Date of honour or award 20/07/1945 Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Date of honour or award 06/03/1947 Mention in Despatches.
Other units 01/01/1953 Command 2nd Armoured Brigade.
Other units 02/07/1956 Temporary major general command 3rd Division.
Other 01/07/1959 Reserve of Officers.
Date of death 10/03/1961

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