| Service number | Q383 (QX50080) |
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| Ranks Held | Captain, Lieutenant, Temporary Major, Brigadier, Temporary Brigadier |
| Birth Date | 1894-04-13 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Queensland, Ipswich |
| Death Date | 1978-11-01 |
| Death Place | Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, Greenslopes |
| Final Rank | Brigadier |
| Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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| Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01 Published in London Gazette in 1918-10-15 Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-11 Published in London Gazette in 1942-06-11 Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-02-12 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04 |
Brigadier Francis Roger North
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 47th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 47th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
- London Gazette
- 01 June 1917 on page 5422 at position 107
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 04 October 1917 on page 2624 at position 119
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 47th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
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Honours and Awards:
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Brigadier
- London Gazette
- 11 June 1942 on page 2477 at position 1
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 46th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 47th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 47th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
- London Gazette
- 04 January 1917 on page 256 at position 24
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 29 June 1917 on page 1393 at position 86
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 46th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Major
- London Gazette
- 11 January 1919 on page 603 at position 3
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 23 May 1919 on page 893 at position 106
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 46th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Australian Military Forces
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Temporary Brigadier
- London Gazette
- 11 June 1942 on page 2477 at position 1
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 46th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Major
- London Gazette
- 15 October 1918 on page 12099 at position 8
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 12 February 1919 on page 269 at position 1
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 47th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
Timeline
| Date of birth | 13 April 1894 | |
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| Date commissioned | 16 June 1914 | |
| Pre WW1 Service 1 | 16 June 1914 | 2lieutenant 8th Infantry regiment |
| Pre WW1 Service 2 | 01 July 1915 | lieutenant |
| WW1 Service 1 | 24 August 1915 | 2lieutenant (AIF) |
| Date of embarkation | 01 September 1915 | |
| WW1 Service 3 | 01 June 1916 | captain 46th battalion |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 10 October 1916 | |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 20 January 1917 | |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 05 March 1917 | |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 08 March 1917 | |
| WW1 Service 2 | 01 June 1917 | Mention in Despatches 2 Jan 1917, |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 22 July 1918 | |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 11 August 1918 | |
| Interwar Service 1 | 01 October 1918 | lieutenant 5/9th Infantry Rget |
| Interwar Service 2 | 30 April 1920 | captain Reserve of Officers |
| Interwar Service 3 | 01 October 1922 | AALD, Lstaff officer 7 Infantry Brigade |
| Interwar Service 4 | 29 July 1923 | Unattached List |
| Interwar Service 5 | 01 December 1924 | commanding officer 31st battalion |
| Interwar Service 6 | 20 January 1927 | major |
| Interwar Service 7 | 20 September 1927 | lieutenant colonel |
| Interwar Service 8 | 01 April 1929 | Unattached List |
| Interwar Service 9 | 31 July 1933 | Reserve of Officers |
| Interwar Service 10 | 01 October 1933 | commanding officer 31st battalion |
| Appointment | 1933-10-01 - 1940-08-01 | Battalion: 31st; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: Reserve of Officers ; Reason for end of appointment: promotion field command: 11th Brigade |
| Career summary 1 | 27 August 1939 | full time duty 25 |
| Career summary 2 | 03 July 1940 | full time duty commanding officer Miowera AIF Depot |
| Career summary 3 | 01 August 1940 | temporary brigadier, commander 11th Brigade |
| Career summary 4 | 03 September 1940 | command 11th Brigade & administering commandant NQ Area |
| Career summary 5 | 18 December 1940 | END full time duty |
| Career summary 6 | 06 March 1941 | full time duty |
| Career summary 7 | 06 April 1941 | command 7th Brigade |
| Career summary 8 | 08 May 1942 | relinquished command & temporary brigadier 7th Brigade |
| Career summary 9 | 20 June 1942 | temporary colonel command Headquarters (NQld) Lines of Communication Sub Area |
| Career summary 10 | 02 January 1943 | enlisted 2AIF |
| Career summary 11 | 20 February 1943 | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
| Career summary 12 | 01 November 1945 | relinquished command 1 Aust Lines of Communication Sub Area |
| Career summary 13 | 27 November 1945 | Reserve of Officers |
| Date of death | 01 November 1978 | |
| Career summary 14 | *** NO ACTIVE SERVICE *** | |
| Citations 2 | 'Temporary Brigadier Norrth was appointed to a commission in the Citizen Military Forces on 16th June, 1914 and served in the 1914-18 war as an Infantry Company Commander. Since 1914-18 he commandeed the 31st Battalion with marked success for two periods totalling in all eleven years and was appointed to command the 11th Infantry Brigade, which he now commands, on 1.8.40. He commands one of the important areas in the defence of Australia and has prepared the troops under his command for thier difficult task with unflagging zeal and energy.' |