Service number | VX44770 |
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Birth Date | 1905-12-08 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Surrey Hills |
Death Date | 1962 |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Army |
Units |
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Place | Surrey Hills |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Gazettes |
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-03-06 Published in London Gazette in 1946-08-01 Published in London Gazette in 1942-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1947-03-06 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-09-12 |
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Austin Frank Pond
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Second World War POWs and Missing Persons:
- Unit
- 27th Australian Infantry Brigade
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 06 March 1947 on page 1091 at position 86
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 06 March 1947 on page 760 at position 19
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 01 August 1946 on page 3922 at position 14
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 12 September 1946 on page 2475 at position 20
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 01 January 1942 on page 10 at position 3
Timeline
Date of birth | 08 December 1905 | |
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Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) | 1923 | |
Interwar Service 1 | 1923 | C Platoon MUR |
Interwar Service 2 | 01 July 1924 | Sergeant |
Interwar Service 3 | 12 December 1925 | warrant officer II Company Sergeant Major |
Date commissioned | 09 September 1926 | |
Interwar Service 4 | 09 September 1926 | Lieutenant |
Interwar Service 5 | 13 November 1931 | Captain |
Interwar Service 6 | 20 September 1938 | 5th Battalion |
Interwar Service 7 | 21 September 1938 | Major |
Career summary 1 | 28 October 1939 | Course Command and Staff School #12 Prospective Commanding Officers 15 |
Career summary 2 | 15 December 1939 | Seconded General Service Officer Grade 3 Headquarters 4th Division |
Career summary 3 | 29 June 1940 | General Service Officer Grade 2 Headquarters 4th Division |
Career summary 4 | 01 July 1940 | Seconded 2/40th Battalion |
Career summary 5 | 11 August 1940 | 2IC |
Career summary 6 | 09 November 1940 | Brigade Major 27th Brigade |
Career summary 7 | 07 April 1941 | Married |
Career summary 8 | 15 August 1941 | Arrived Singapore |
Career summary 9 | 24 December 1941 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Career summary 10 | 25 January 1942 | Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Officer 2/29th Battalion |
Appointment | 1942-01-25 - 1942-02-15 | Battalion: 2/29th; Rank on appointment: Lieutenant Colonel; Appointed from: Brigade Major 27th Brigade; Reason for end of appointment: prisoner of war: Singapore |
Career summary 11 | 15 February 1942 | Prisoner of War |
Career summary 12 | 16 February 1942 | Missing in Action (reported) |
Career summary 13 | 19 April 1943 | Attached F Force 9 (depart Singapore) |
Career summary 14 | 04 September 1945 | Safe in Allied hands Changi |
Career summary 15 | 09 October 1945 | Returned to Australia (Syd) |
Career summary 16 | 31 January 1946 | ED |
Career summary 17 | 30 August 1946 | Mention in Despatches (Malaya 42) |
Career summary 19 | 05 June 1952 | General Service Officer Grade 1 AHeadquarters DMT(CMF) |
Career summary 20 | 09 December 1955 | Retired List |
Date of death | 29 January 1986 | |
Career summary 18 | *** POST WAR *** |
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