Service number | NX12218, N60368 |
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Birth Date | 1909-09-28 |
Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Turramurra |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Army |
Unit | 28th Australian Infantry Battalion |
Place | Turramurra |
Conflicts/Operations |
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Gazettes |
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-03-06 Published in London Gazette in 1947-03-06 |
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Marsden Chilton
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 28th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 06 March 1947 on page 1085 at position 27
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 06 March 1947 on page 748 at position 48
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
Timeline
Date of birth | 28 September 1909 | |
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Date commissioned | 20 February 1931 | Lieutenant 18th Battalion. |
Other units | 01 July 1935 | 18/51st Battalion. |
Date promoted | 29 August 1938 | Appointed captain. |
Other units | 1940-03-04 - 1940-05-06 | Full time duty Eastern Command Recruit Training. |
Other units | 01 May 1940 | Seconded captain 2/13th Battalion from 18th Battalion. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 07 May 1940 | Enlisted in the 2nd AIF. |
Other | 26 November 1940 | Arrived Middle East. |
Date promoted | 28 January 1941 | Appointed major. |
Other units | 20 August 1941 | Seconded commanding officer 20th Australian Infantry Training Battalion. |
Other units | 1942-08-11 - 1943-08-18 | Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 13/33rd Battalion. |
Other units | 23 December 1942 | Attached Headquarters 1st Brigade. |
Other | 1942-12-27 - 1943-01-17 | Course - JOOT School. |
Other | 1943-08-13 - 1943-09-27 | Course - Land Headquarters Tactical School. |
Other units | 1943-08-18 - 1945-05-17 | Temporary lieutenant colonel 12/50th Battalion. |
Date promoted | 1944 | Appointed lieutenant colonel. |
Other units | 1945-05-17 - 1945-07-14 | Commanding officer 12/40th Battalion. |
Other units | 1945-07-14 - 1946-02-28 | Commanding officer 28th Battalion. |
Other | 26 July 1945 | Arrived New Britain. |
Date returned to Australia | 13 January 1946 | Returned to Brisbane. |
Other | 21 March 1946 | Reserve of Officers. |
Date promoted | 14 April 1947 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire. |