Lieutenant Colonel Robert Francis Marlan

Service number NP10257, QX6175
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 19/06/1896
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Goondah
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Goondah
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

Career summary 10 Oflag IX A/Z
Career summary 7 Italian prisoner of war Camp 78 PM 3300 (Sulmona)
Career summary 15 *** POST WAR ***
Career summary 11 Oflag XIIB
Career summary 9 Stalag III B
Career summary 8 Italian prisoner of war Camp 57 PM
WW2 Service 1 Benghazi
Career summary 1 brigade major 5th Brigade
Date of birth 19/06/1896
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 12/03/1914
Royal Military College 1914-03-12 - 1916-09-05
WW1 Service 4 30/12/1916 20th battalion
WW1 Service 2 21/11/1916 arrived United Kingdom
Date of embarkation 07/10/1916
WW1 Service 3 13/12/1916 arrived France
WW1 Service 1 23/09/1916 enlisted AIF
Date commissioned 06/09/1916
WW1 Service 11 23/12/1917 returned to unit
WW1 Service 5 05/01/1917 wounded in action gun shot wound Legs
Date of recommendation honour or award 25/09/1917
WW1 Service 8 17/10/1917 captain
WW1 Service 7 19/08/1917 returned to unit
WW1 Service 9 19/10/1917 wounded in action Shell/shrapnel wound Rt thigh
WW1 Service 6 11/08/1917 arrived France
WW1 Service 10 06/12/1917 arrived France
WW1 Service 14 27/11/1918 returned to unit
WW1 Service 12 01/01/1918 Mention in Despatches
WW1 Service 13 22/08/1918 attached Staff Trainee British 9th Corps
WW1 Service 16 07/11/1919 demobilised
Interwar Service 1 19/12/1919 adjutant & QM 2/20th battalion & Officer of the Order of Australia 20 Ab
WW1 Service 15 20/08/1919 Returned to Australia (Syd)
Interwar Service 2 01/04/1921 adjutant & QM 33rd battalion
Interwar Service 3 01/08/1922 Officer of the Order of Australia 33A
Interwar Service 4 20/08/1923 adjutant & QM 13th Brigade
Interwar Service 5 06/09/1924 captain (Australian Staff Corps)
Interwar Service 6 21/09/1927 adjutant & QM 17th battalion
Interwar Service 7 24/11/1928 attached 8th Brigade
Interwar Service 8 10/01/1929 brigade major 8th Brigade
Interwar Service 9 17/04/1930 adjutant & QM 17th battalion
Interwar Service 10 22/12/1934 brigade major 9th Brigade
Interwar Service 11 01/07/1935 brigade major 5th Brigade
Interwar Service 13 01/09/1936 major
Interwar Service 12 27/06/1936 B/major (Australian Staff Corps)
Career summary 3 26/04/1940 seconded lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/15th battalion
Appointment 1940-04-26 - 1941-04-06 Battalion: 2/15th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: brigade major 11th Brigade; Reason for end of appointment: prisoner of war: captured vic Mechili
Career summary 2 14/02/1940 brigade major 11th Brigade
Career summary 5 19/04/1941 missing in action (reported)
Career summary 6 11/05/1941 prisoner of war (reported)
Career summary 4 03/02/1941 arrived Middle East
Career summary 13 17/04/1945 Letter of commendation for work whil 2iC to senior British Officer Camp Pg 78
Career summary 12 09/04/1945 Safe in Allied hands (reported)
Career summary 16 24/09/1945 course #9 Grade I Wing, Staff School
Career summary 14 17/06/1945 Returned to Australia (Syd)
Career summary 17 06/02/1946 general service officer grade 1 Headquarters SA Lines of Communication Area
Career summary 18 15/03/1947 assistant adjutant and quarter master general Headquarters 4MD
Career summary 19 23/12/1947 Mention in Despatches
Career summary 20 18/10/1948 colonel (Australian Staff Corps)
Career summary 21 1949-06-14 - 1949-08-06 attached COL, GS, Headquarters S
Career summary 22 24/10/1949 DAR, A Br, AHeadquarters & OiC Army Records
Career summary 23 20/06/1951 Retired List