Philip Edington Rhoden

Service number VX14250, 3129001
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Major
Birth Date 23/12/1914
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Essendon
Death Date 23/03/2003
Final Rank
Service Australian Army
Unit 2/14th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Essendon
Event Battle of Isurava
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 23/12/1914
Other units 22/12/1933 Australian Field Artillery.
Date commissioned 03/08/1933
Other 22/06/1935 Unattached List
Other units 08/01/1937 14th Battalion.
Other units 06/05/1940 Seconded captain 2/14th Battalion.
Other 25/11/1940 Arrived Middle East.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 06/05/1940 Enlisted in the 2nd AIF.
Other 12/08/1942 Arrived Moresby.
Date promoted 30/06/1942 Temporary major.
Date returned to Australia 24/03/1942
Other units 1943-10-21 - 1945-10-08 Commanding officer 2/14th Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 16/01/1943 Returned to Cairns.
Other units 30/12/1943 Attached 21st Brigade.
Other 17/10/1943 Arrived Moresby.
Other units 09/03/1943 Seconded commanding officer 21st Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
Other 09/06/1943 Married.
Date promoted 26/11/1943 Temporary lieutenant colonel.
Other units 27/01/1943 Attached 2/27th Battalion.
Date promoted 20/07/1944 Lieutenant colonel.
Other 1944-06-18 - 1944-07-13 Course Land Headquarters Tactical senior officers.
Date returned to Australia 08/03/1944
Date of honour or award 31/01/1944 Mention in Despatches.
Other c 1945-09-29 Arrived Makassar.
Other 31/05/1945 Arrived Morotai.
Other c 1945-08-01 Arrived Balikpapan.
Date of honour or award 31/03/1945 Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Date returned to Australia 04/02/1946
Other 05/03/1946 Reserve of Officers.
Date of honour or award 06/05/1947 Mention in Despatches.
Other units 01/04/1948 Commanding officer MUR.
Other 30/06/1951 Reserve of Officers.
Date of death 23/03/2003