Brigadier Daniel Aston Luxton

Service number VX138501
Ranks Held Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 22/06/1891
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Camberwell
Final Rank Brigadier
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 5th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Camberwell
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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    Group portrait of officers of the 5th Battalion in front of the Sphinx at the foot of the ...

    Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Luxton CMG DSO, and Officers of the 5th Battalion, in the rest area ...

    Wielding a pair of pliers, Chaplain Walter Ernest Dexter DSO MC DCM (left) pretends that he is ...

    BALCOMBE, VICTORIA, 1942. BRIGADIER D.A. LUXTON C.M.G.; LANCE CORPORAL JOYCE LUXTON GREETING THE ...

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Date of birth 22/06/1891
Date of embarkation 21/10/1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 14/08/1914 Appointed Lieutenant, 5 Battalion.
Date promoted 18/10/1914 Appointed Captain.
Date of recommendation honour or award 31/07/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/10/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 13/11/1916
Date promoted 20/02/1916 Appointed Major.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/01/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 07/11/1917
Date promoted 08/03/1917 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/09/1917
Other 1917-03-08 - 1918-10-13 Commanding Officer of 5 Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 07/04/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/03/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/03/1918
Other 31/01/1919 AIF appointment terminated.

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