Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Bradbury Challen

Service number VX138
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 26/11/1906
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Daylesford
Death Date 08/09/1971
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Place Daylesford
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth 26/11/1906
Other units 1924 37th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 1924
Date promoted 05/10/1925 Lieutenant.
Date commissioned 05/10/1925
Other units 05/06/1936 57/60th Battalion.
Other units 13/10/1939 2/8th Battalion.
Other 18/05/1940 Arrived Middle East.
Other units 1940-05-28 - 1940-06-17 Attached Headquarters 19th Brigade.
Other units 23/09/1940 Seconded adjutant 19th Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
Other 1940-07-22 - 1940-08-26 Course Middle East Tactical School.
Date promoted 25/01/1940 Captain.
Other units 29/03/1941 Seconded staff captain 21st Brigade.
Other units 28/12/1941 Brigade major 21st Brigade.
Date of honour or award 30/12/1941 Member of the Order of the British Empire.
Other 1941-09-08 - 1941-12-30 Course Middle East Staff School.
Other units 1942-09-30 - 1943-07-05 2/14th Battalion.
Other units 30/09/1942 Commanding officer 2/14th Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 25/03/1942 Adelaide.
Date promoted 30/12/1943 Lieutenant colonel.
Other units 17/01/1943 Attached Headquarters 21st Brigade.
Other units 09/07/1943 Attached Headquarters 2 Australian Corps.
Other units 15/12/1943 General service officer grade 1 (Liasion) Headquarters 1st Australian Corps.
Date returned to Australia 16/01/1943 Cairns.
Date promoted 30/12/1943 Major.
Other units 02/10/1944 General service officer grade 1 (Liasion) Headquarters 2nd Australian Corps.
Other units 06/05/1944 General service officer grade 1 (Liasion) Headquarters New Guinea Force.
Other 28/04/1944 Arrived Moresby.
Other units 12/04/1944 General service officer grade 1 (Liasion) Headquarters 2nd Australian Corps.
Other 15/11/1945 Reserve of Officers.
Other units 1945-03-17 - 1945-04-04 Attached Headquarters 15th Brigade
Other units 1945-09-26 - 1945-10-07 Attached Headquarters 3rd Division.
Date returned to Australia 30/10/1945 Brisbane.
Other 07/01/1945 Arrived Bougainville.
Date of death 08/09/1971

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