Colonel Frederick William Toll

Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 18/01/1872
Birth Place Australia: Queensland
Death Date 06/11/1955
Death Place Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 31st Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
  • SPECIAL SERVICE OFFICERS
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
  • First World War, 1914-1918

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    Group portrait of officers of the 31st Battalion, on board A62 HMAT Wandilla enroute to Egypt. ...

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Date of birth 18/01/1872
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 07/11/1914 Appointed a major in the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF).
Date promoted 01/03/1915 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 22/07/1915 Appointed to command the 31st Battalion in the AIF with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Date of embarkation 09/11/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 23/07/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/10/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/10/1916
Date of honour or award 26/11/1917 Bar to Distinguished Service Order.
Date of honour or award 01/01/1917 Distinguished Service Order.
Date of recommendation honour or award 27/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 03/10/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/09/1917
Other units 07/02/1917 Temporary Commanding Officer of the 55th Battalion.
Other units 14/11/1917 Commanding Officer of the 31st Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 13/04/1917
Other units 27/05/1917 Temporary Commanding Officer of the 8th Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 03/02/1917
Other 19/05/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 06/11/1955

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