Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Ernest Wall

Service number	VX48254
Ranks Held	Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date	27 May 1905
Birth Place	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Fitzroy
Death Date	04 September 1943
Death Place	New Guinea
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Army
Unit	2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Fitzroy New Guinea
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1942-06-30

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Date of birth	27 May 1905
Date commissioned	01 October 1924
Interwar Service 1	01 October 1924	lieutenant 57th battalion
Interwar Service 2	05 September 1928	Militia a/g adjutant & temporary QM
Interwar Service 3	31 August 1929	relinquish a/g Adjt...
Interwar Service 4	15 October 1929	captain
Interwar Service 5	01 July 1930	57/60th battalion
Interwar Service 6	23 March 1936	major
Career summary 2	25 July 1940	enlisted 2AIF
Career summary 3	01 August 1940	seconded 2/23rd battalion
Career summary 4	17 December 1940	arrived Middle East
Career summary 5	26 February 1942	course Middle East Camouflage School 6
Career summary 6	30 June 1942	Mention in Despatches (Jul-Oct 41)
Career summary 7	1942-08-31 - 1942-09-15	attached Headquarters 9Div
Career summary 8	07 November 1942	lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/23rd battalion
Appointment	1942-11-07 - 1943-09-04	Battalion: 2/23rd; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: major 2/23rd; Reason for end of appointment: killed in action: Lae
Career summary 9	25 February 1943	RTA(Melb)
Career summary 10	04 August 1943	arrived New Guinea
Date of death	04 September 1943
Career summary 12	14 November 1945	ED
Career summary 1		major 57/60th battalion
Career summary 11		KInterim Army 4 Sep 43 (Lae?) (buried Lae war cemetery)
WW2 Service 1		Benghazi
WW2 Service 2		New Guinea