Service number | VX48254 |
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Ranks Held | Lieutenant Colonel, Major |
Birth Date | 27/05/1905 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Fitzroy |
Death Date | 04/09/1943 |
Death Place | New Guinea |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Army |
Unit | 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion |
Places | |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Ernest Wall
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Major
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
Career summary 11 | KInterim Army 4 Sep 43 (Lae?) (buried Lae war cemetery) | |
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WW2 Service 1 | Benghazi | |
WW2 Service 2 | New Guinea | |
Career summary 1 | major 57/60th battalion | |
Date of birth | 27/05/1905 | |
Date commissioned | 01/10/1924 | |
Interwar Service 1 | 01/10/1924 | lieutenant 57th battalion |
Interwar Service 2 | 05/09/1928 | Militia a/g adjutant & temporary QM |
Interwar Service 4 | 15/10/1929 | captain |
Interwar Service 3 | 31/08/1929 | relinquish a/g Adjt... |
Interwar Service 5 | 01/07/1930 | 57/60th battalion |
Interwar Service 6 | 23/03/1936 | major |
Career summary 3 | 01/08/1940 | seconded 2/23rd battalion |
Career summary 2 | 25/07/1940 | enlisted 2AIF |
Career summary 4 | 17/12/1940 | arrived Middle East |
Career summary 8 | 07/11/1942 | lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/23rd battalion |
Career summary 6 | 30/06/1942 | Mention in Despatches (Jul-Oct 41) |
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 7 | 1942-08-31 - 1942-09-15 | attached Headquarters 9Div |
Career summary 5 | 26/02/1942 | course Middle East Camouflage School 6 |
Career summary 9 | 25/02/1943 | RTA(Melb) |
Career summary 10 | 04/08/1943 | arrived New Guinea |
Date of death | 04/09/1943 | |
Career summary 12 | 14/11/1945 | ED |
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