| Service number | NX127633 |
|---|---|
| Birth Date | 1903-05-05 |
| Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Balmain |
| Death Date | 1942-08-27 |
| Death Place | Papua |
| Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Service | Australian Army |
| Unit | 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Places | |
| Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Harry Ward
Rolls
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
| Date of birth | 05 May 1903 | |
|---|---|---|
| Date commissioned | 10 October 1924 | |
| Interwar Service 1 | 10 October 1924 | lieutenant (C.F.) |
| Interwar Service 2 | 24 January 1927 | captain 20th battalion |
| Interwar Service 3 | 01 July 1929 | 20/54th battalion |
| Interwar Service 4 | 28 June 1932 | major 20/54th battalion |
| Interwar Service 5 | 25 September 1933 | course comptetant for PROM to lieutenant colonel |
| Interwar Service 6 | 01 July 1937 | lieutenant colonel commanding officer 20/54th battalion |
| Interwar Service 7 | 01 September 1939 | commanding officer 20/19th battalion |
| Appointment | 1939-09-01 - 1941-06-30 | Battalion: 20/19th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: commanding officer 20/54th battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: new command -infantry battalion /BS |
| Appointment | 1941-06-30 - 1941-09-29 | Battalion: 20th; Reason for end of appointment: new command -infantry battalion (battalion disbanded ?) |
| Career summary 5 | 29 September 1941 | TFD full time duty commanding officer 53rd battalion |
| Appointment | 1941-09-29 - 1942-08-27 | Battalion: 53rd; Rank on appointment: commanding officer 20th battalion ; Appointed from: lieutenant colonel; Reason for end of appointment: killed in action: Efogi |
| Career summary 6 | 03 January 1942 | arrived New Guinea |
| Career summary 7 | 28 July 1942 | enlisted 2AIF |
| Career summary 8 | 27 August 1942 | KInterim Army |
| Date of death | 27 August 1942 | |
| killed in action | 27 August 1942 | |
| Career summary 1 | commanding officer 20/19th battalion | |
| Career summary 2 | full time duty 10-20 Apr 41 to supervise 2ndDivisioncourse of instruction | |
| Career summary 3 | Annual Training 1940-41 (263 days) | |
| Career summary 4 | commanding officer 20th battalion |