Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Sydney Wilfred Arnold

Service number	SX1468
Birth Date	1906-04-18
Birth Place	Australia: South Australia, Tumby Bay
Death Date	1971-10-29
Final Rank	Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian armed forces
Unit	2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place	Tumby Bay
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1943-05-28 Published in London Gazette in 1943-12-23 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-12-23 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-06-03

Collection items

Date of birth	18 April 1906	Tumby Boy, SA.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)	11 February 1925
Date commissioned	11 February 1925
Other units	11 February 1925	10th Battalion.
Other	1927-05-02 - 1927-10-05	Seconded RAAF.
Date promoted	19 December 1930	Captain.
Other units	01 October 1936	10th Battalion.
Date promoted	15 June 1937	Major.
Other units	13 November 1939	Seconded 2/10th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	09 December 1939	Enlisted AIF.
Other	18 June 1940	Arrived Scotland.
Other	31 December 1940	Arrived Middle East from United Kingdom.
Other units	21 July 1941	2/12th Battalion.
Date returned to Australia	29 May 1942	Adelaide.
Date promoted	07 June 1942	Temporary lieutenant colonel.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1942-06-07 - 1943-08-01	2/12th Battalion.
Other	16 August 1942	Arrived New Guinea.
Date returned to Australia	10 March 1943	Cairns.
Date of honour or award	29 May 1943	Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Date of honour or award	30 December 1943	Mention in Despatches.
Date promoted	20 January 1944	Lieutenant colonel.
Other	11 March 1944	Retired List.
Date of death	29 October 1971