Lieutenant Colonel John Walstab

Service number VX17626
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 08/10/1885
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Death Date 16/03/1957
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 5th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • AIF Headquarters Middle East
Place Melbourne
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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    Group portrait of officers of the 5th Battalion in front of the Sphinx at the foot of the ...

    Group portrait of 12 officers from the 5th Battalion at a camp on the island of Lemnos near the ...

    Lemnos. 14 April 1915. Practice at Lemnos for the Gallipoli landing. Captains Walstab and Lind on ...

    Document


    Diary for Frederick Harold Tubb, 1917

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Timeline

Date of birth 08/10/1885
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 25/08/1914 Appointed Captain.
Date of embarkation 21/10/1914
Date of embarkation 21/10/1914 Embarked with 5 Battalion.
Date promoted 03/11/1915 Appointed Major.
Date promoted 08/11/1916 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Other 1916-09-28 - 1917-03-07 Commanding Officer of 5 Battalion.
Other units 07/03/1917 Seconded for duty with 2 Infantry Training Battalion, England.
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/04/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 07/03/1917
Other units 24/06/1918 In command No 1 Battalion Overseas Training Brigade.
Other units 1918-04-17 - 1918-06-13 Assumed temporary command of 1 Training Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/02/1919
Date returned to Australia 25/01/1919
Other 25/05/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/01/1919
Date of death 16/03/1957

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