Temporary Colonel John Edward Cecil Lord

Ranks Held Lance Corporal, Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Colonel
Birth Date 08/05/1870
Final Rank Temporary Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 40th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 93rd Infantry
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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    Outdoor group portrait of officers of the 40th Battalion at Neuve Eglise, Belgium. Identified ...

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Date of birth 08/05/1870
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 10/02/1916 Appointed to command the 40th Battalion with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/03/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/06/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/1917
Date of honour or award 06/1917 Awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Date of honour or award 06/1917 Mention in Despatches.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/09/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/09/1918
Other units 1918-07-17 - 1918-08-04 Temporary command of the 15th Infantry Brigade.
Date of honour or award 12/1918 Mention in Despatches.
Other units 1918-08-05 - 1918-08-15 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters.
Other units 1918-09-02 - 1918-09-21 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters.
Date of recommendation honour or award 27/09/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/10/1918
Other units 1918-10-21 - 1918-11-22 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date returned to Australia 20/04/1919
Other units 1919-01-18 - 1919-02-16 Temporary Command 5th Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/01/1919
Date of honour or award 07/1919 Mention in Despatches.
Other 06/08/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of honour or award 06/1919 Awarded Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
Date of honour or award 01/1919 Awarded the Croix de Guerre.

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