Major General Iven Giffard Mackay

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Service number NX363
Ranks Held Captain, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Major General, Temporary Brigadier General, Temporary Lieutenant General
Birth Date 07/04/1882
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Grafton
Death Date 30/09/1966
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Lindfield
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 1st Australian Division
  • 1st Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 1st Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 4th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 6 Australian Division
  • General List
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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    MELBOURNE EMBARKATION. GENERAL SIR BLAMEY, MAJOR GEN. I. MACKAY.

    MELBOURNE EMBARKATION. BRIG. HERRING, MAJOR GEN. MACKAY, G.A. SILK, BRIG. S. G. SAVIGE, MAJOR ...

    MAJOR GENERAL I. MACKAY C.M.G. D.S.O. V.D.

    MAJOR GENERAL I. MACKAY C.M.G. D.S.O.

    MAJOR GEN. I.V. MACKAY ADDRESSES SHIPS COMPANY DURING ANZAC SERVICE. SISTERS KELLY, NEWNHAM, ...

    OFFICIAL GROUP 6TH DIVISION STAFF OFFICERS BEFORE ARRIVAL OF GEN. MACKAY.

    GAZA VILLAGE - BRIG. ALLEN (R) WELCOMES MAJOR GEN. MACKAY. (NEGATIVE BY SILK).

    SUEZ CANAL - OFFICIAL GROUP LAST DINNER COL. JOHNSON, MAJOR WOODWARD, BRIG. S. G. SAVIGE, MAJOR ...

    General I. G. Mackay presents a Bandmaster Stick, donated by Alderman S.S. Crick, Lord Mayor of ...

    JULIS - GENERAL MCKAY INSPECTS 2/1 BATTERY GUARD. (NEGATIVE BY PARER).

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Timeline

Date of birth 07/04/1882
Date of embarkation 22/12/1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 27/08/1914 Appointed Captain and Adjutant.
Date promoted 14/07/1915 Appointed Major.
Other units 18/04/1915 Commanding Officer 4 Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 02/08/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 15/02/1916
Date promoted 18/04/1916 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/10/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 31/07/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 13/09/1916
Other units 1917-11-22 - 1917-12-08 Commanding Officer 1 Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/01/1917
Other units 1917-08-13 - 1917-08-25 Commanding Officer 1 Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 03/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/10/1917
Other units 1917-04-25 - 1917-05-10 Commanding Officer 1 Infantry Brigade.
Other units 1917-05-11 - 1917-05-25 Commanding Officer 2 Infantry Brigade.
Other units 1917-01-10 - 1917-02-15 Commanding Officer 1 Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 16/05/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/05/1917
Other units 01/03/1918 Commanding Officer 1 Machine Gun Battalion.
Other units 06/06/1918 Commanding Officer 1 Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 27/09/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 28/09/1918
Date promoted 06/06/1918 Appointed Colonel.
Other units 02/03/1918 Attached 1 Division Headquarters.
Date promoted 06/06/1918 Appointed Temporary Brigadier General.
Other units 1918-09-24 - 1918-10-02 Detached to 30 Division, US Army.
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/01/1919
Other 04/04/1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Other 1940-04-04 - 1941-08-13 Appointed to command of 6th Division AIF.
Date of death 30/09/1966

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