Major General John Raymond Broadbent

Service number	261506, NX12225
Ranks Held	Major, Major General
Birth Date	24/07/1914
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Manly
Death Date	2006
Final Rank	Major General
Service	Australian Army
Units	2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion Army
Place	Manly
Conflicts/Operations	Second World War, 1939-1945 Second World War, 1939-1945 Period 1960-1979

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Period 1960-1979

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Major General
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2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Second World War, 1939-1945

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Second World War, 1939-1945

Timeline

Date of birth	24/07/1914	Manly NSW
Other	1935	Private in the Sydney University Regiment.
Date commissioned	09/02/1937	Appointed lieutenant.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	07/05/1940	Enlisted in the 2nd AIF.
Other	25/11/1940	Arrived Middle East.
Other units	01/05/1940	Seconded 2/17th Battalion.
Other units	1940-05-09 - 1940-06-07	Attached Headquarters 20th Battalion.
Date promoted	07/01/1941	Appointed captain.
Other units	1941-03-03 - 1941-08-25	Seconded instructor 20th Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
Other	31/12/1942	Course - Combined Operations School Number 1.
Date returned to Australia	27/02/1943	Returned to Sydney.
Other	04/08/1943	Arrived New Guinea.
Date returned to Australia	10/02/1944	Returned to Townsville.
Date of honour or award	24/04/1944	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Date promoted	28/02/1944	Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel, and commanding officer 2/17th Battalion.
Other units	1944-02-28 - 1946-02-08	Appointed to 2/17th Battalion as a temporary lieutenant colonel.
Other	09/06/1945	Arrived British North Borneo.
Other	21/04/1945	Arrived Morotai.
Other units	16/05/1945	Attached Headquarters 9th Division.
Date returned to Australia	19/12/1945	Returned to Brisbane.
Other	08/02/1946	Relinquished command 2/17th Battalion.
Other	16/03/1946	Placed on the Reserve of Officers.
Other units	01/04/1948	Commanding officer 17/18th Battalion.
Other	30/06/1951	Placed on the Reserve of Officers.
Other units	02/07/1955	Appointed temporary brigadier to command 5th Brigade.
Date promoted	02/07/1956	Appointed brigadier.
Other	01/07/1958	Eastern Command Officers Staff Group (ACMF).
Other	01/12/1963	Major general command to Headquarters Communications Zone.
Other	1965-08-17 - 1966-11-30	General officer commanding 2nd Division.
Other	01/12/1966	Unattached List Eastern Command.
Date of honour or award	10/06/1967	Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Date of death	2006	Sydney NSW