Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Sydney Wilfred Arnold

Service number	SX1468
Birth Date	18/04/1906
Birth Place	Australia: South Australia, Tumby Bay
Death Date	29/10/1971
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

Collection items

Date of birth	18/04/1906	Tumby Boy, SA.
Date commissioned	11/02/1925
Other units	11/02/1925	10th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)	11/02/1925
Other	1927-05-02 - 1927-10-05	Seconded RAAF.
Date promoted	19/12/1930	Captain.
Other units	01/10/1936	10th Battalion.
Date promoted	15/06/1937	Major.
Other units	13/11/1939	Seconded 2/10th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	09/12/1939	Enlisted AIF.
Other	31/12/1940	Arrived Middle East from United Kingdom.
Other	18/06/1940	Arrived Scotland.
Other units	21/07/1941	2/12th Battalion.
Date returned to Australia	29/05/1942	Adelaide.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1942-06-07 - 1943-08-01	2/12th Battalion.
Date promoted	07/06/1942	Temporary lieutenant colonel.
Other	16/08/1942	Arrived New Guinea.
Date of honour or award	30/12/1943	Mention in Despatches.
Date returned to Australia	10/03/1943	Cairns.
Date of honour or award	29/05/1943	Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Other	11/03/1944	Retired List.
Date promoted	20/01/1944	Lieutenant colonel.
Date of death	29/10/1971