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

Collection items

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