Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Thomas Christopher Layh

Ranks Held Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 03/04/1885
Death Date 10/04/1964
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 57th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 59th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 59th Infantry Moreland Rifles
  • 60th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • General List
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

Collection items

    Media


    Group portrait of officers of the 7th Battalion on the Aegean island of Lemnos. Most of these ...

    Document


    Diary of Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 1915 (Vol. 2)

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Timeline

Date of birth 03/04/1885
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 24/08/1914 Appointed lieutenant in the 7th Battalion.
Date of embarkation 19/10/1914
Date promoted 03/04/1915 Appointed captain.
Date promoted 02/08/1915 Appointed temporary major.
Date promoted 27/07/1916 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other units 24/02/1916 59th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/10/1916
Other units 1916-11-17 - 1916-12-04 Temporary Commanding Officer Division Infnatry School.
Date of recommendation honour or award 28/03/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/05/1918
Other units 01/05/1918 60th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 03/10/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 25/09/1918
Other units 03/04/1918 57th Battalion.
Other units 09/07/1918 Temporary Commanding Officer 15th Infantry Brigade.
Other 24/01/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 10/04/1964

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