Brigadier Francis Roger North

Service number Q383 (QX50080)
Ranks Held Brigadier, Captain, Lieutenant, Temporary Brigadier, Temporary Major
Birth Date 13/04/1894
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Ipswich
Death Date 01/11/1978
Death Place Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, Greenslopes
Final Rank Brigadier
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 46th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 47th Australian Infantry Battalion
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Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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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 di
Date of birth 13/04/1894
Pre WW1 Service 1 16/06/1914 2lieutenant 8th Infantry regiment
Date commissioned 16/06/1914
Pre WW1 Service 2 01/07/1915 lieutenant
Date of embarkation 01/09/1915
WW1 Service 1 24/08/1915 2lieutenant (AIF)
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/10/1916
WW1 Service 3 01/06/1916 captain 46th battalion
WW1 Service 2 01/06/1917 Mention in Despatches 2 Jan 1917,
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/03/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/01/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/03/1917
Interwar Service 1 01/10/1918 lieutenant 5/9th Infantry Rget
Date of recommendation honour or award 11/08/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 22/07/1918
Interwar Service 2 30/04/1920 captain Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 3 01/10/1922 AALD, Lstaff officer 7 Infantry Brigade
Interwar Service 4 29/07/1923 Unattached List
Interwar Service 5 01/12/1924 commanding officer 31st battalion
Interwar Service 6 20/01/1927 major
Interwar Service 7 20/09/1927 lieutenant colonel
Interwar Service 8 01/04/1929 Unattached List
Interwar Service 9 31/07/1933 Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 10 01/10/1933 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 27/08/1939 full time duty 25
Career summary 5 18/12/1940 END full time duty
Career summary 4 03/09/1940 command 11th Brigade & administering commandant NQ Area
Career summary 3 01/08/1940 temporary brigadier, commander 11th Brigade
Career summary 2 03/07/1940 full time duty commanding officer Miowera AIF Depot
Career summary 7 06/04/1941 command 7th Brigade
Career summary 6 06/03/1941 full time duty
Career summary 8 08/05/1942 relinquished command & temporary brigadier 7th Brigade
Career summary 9 20/06/1942 temporary colonel command Headquarters (NQld) Lines of Communication Sub Area
Career summary 11 20/02/1943 Companion of the Order of the Bath
Career summary 10 02/01/1943 enlisted 2AIF
Career summary 13 27/11/1945 Reserve of Officers
Career summary 12 01/11/1945 relinquished command 1 Aust Lines of Communication Sub Area
Date of death 01/11/1978

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