Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon Dobbs

Service number	7122, SX2929
Birth Date	28/10/1899
Birth Place	Australia: South Australia, Prospect
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Place	Prospect
Conflicts/Operations	First World War, 1914-1918 Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth	28/10/1899
Date of embarkation	16/12/1916
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	27/02/1934	Comissioned as a lieutenant in the 43/48th Battalion.
Other units	21/02/1938	Transferred to 9/49th Battalion.
Date promoted	13/05/1940	Appointed major.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	14/05/1940	Seconded to the 2/27th Battalion and enlisted in the Second Australian Infantry Force.
Other	24/11/1940	Arrived in the Middle East.
Other	1941-03-10 - 1941-04-13	Attended a course for senior officers at the Middle East Tactical School.
Other units	03/01/1942	Appointed lieutenant colonel and commanding officer of the 2/10th Battalion.
Date returned to Australia	29/03/1942	Returned to Adelaide.
Other	15/08/1942	Arrived in Moresby.
Other units	01/01/1942	Appointed general service officer grade 2, AIF Headquarters, Middle East.
Date returned to Australia	14/01/1943	Medical evacuation to Brisbane.
Other units	30/04/1943	Appointed commanding officer to Metropolitan Troops, Headquarters Queensland Lines of Communication Area.
Other units	18/10/1943	Appointed commanding officer 4th Australian Reinforcements Training Battalion.
Other	05/01/1943	Relinquished command of the 2/10th Battalion, as deemed medically unfit for duty due to malaria. Dobbs suffered continued recurrence of malaria in following years.
Other	28/10/1944	Medically downgraded.
Other	29/12/1944	Relinquished command 4th Australian Reinforcements Training Battalion.
Date of discharge	04/03/1945	Transferred to the Reserve of Officers.