Major General John Paton

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Ranks Held Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major General, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 18/11/1867
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Newcastle
Death Date 21/11/1943
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Newcastle
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 25th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 5th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 6th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 7th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • Staff
Place Newcastle
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

Collection items

    Media


    Portrait of Brigadier General John Paton 7th Brigade AIF, CB CMG VD.

    Lieutenant General Sir John Monash KCB VD, presenting a Military Medal to a member of the 2nd ...

    Staff on board HMAT Berrima watching the disembarkment of the Australian Naval and Military ...

    Outdoor group portrait of officers of the Rabaul Garrison of the Australian Naval and Military ...

    Object


    Jerkin with bullet hole : Brigadier General J Paton, 7th Brigade AIF

    Document


    Letters received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1 January 1918 – 25 December 1918

    Letters written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood to various correspondents, 19 July 1916 – 16 September 1918

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Date of birth 18/11/1867
Other 1887 Joined the New South Wales Military Forces as a second lieutenant on the 4th Infantry.
Date promoted 1894 Promoted to captain.
Date promoted 1907 Promoted to major.
Date promoted 1909 Promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Other 10/1914 Took a drop in rank to lieutenant colonel in order to become Second in Command of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF).
Other 09/10/1914 Captured the German motor launch Komet.
Date promoted 01/07/1914 Appointed to colonel and assumed command of the 4th Infantry Brigade.
Other 1914 Appointed to command the Newcastle Defended Port at the outbreak of war.
Date of embarkation 02/06/1915
Other units 15/10/1915 Took over the 7th Brigade at ANZAC unuder the orders of Major General Legge.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1915
Date of embarkation 29/06/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/09/1915
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 16/03/1915 Appointed to command the 25th Battalion as a lieutenant colonel.
Date of honour or award 01/01/1916 Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) for his services at Gallipoli.
Date wounded 05/11/1916 Wounded by a German sniper and evacuated to England.
Date promoted 01/01/1916 Promoted to colonel and temporary brigadier general.
Other units 19/07/1917 Returned to France to take charge of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Other units 25/05/1917 Given command of the 17th Infantry Brigade in England.
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/03/1918
Other units 1918 - 1926 Commanded the 5th and 1st Brigades, and the 2nd Division until retiring with the rank of major general.
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/03/1918
Date of honour or award 24/08/1918 Appointed a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services.
Other 24/08/1918 Elected to retire and return to Australia.
Date of death 21/11/1943

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