Lieutenant Colonel Richard Harold Marson

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Photograph 146186
Service number QX700192, QX6378, 1/8001, 8001
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • Britcom Liaison Gp
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Korean War, 1950-1953

Collection items

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    BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-08. NX3 BRIGADIER K.W. EATHER, CBE., DSO., ED., OFFICER ...

    BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-08. QX20656 PRIVATE R KELLIHER, VC, (2) OF THE 2/25TH ...

    BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1944-08-08. TROOPS OF THE 2/25TH INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING PAST ...

    TENGGARONG, BORNEO. 1945-09-15. LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. H. MARSON, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/25TH ...

    MOROTAI, 1945-11-27. 65TH BATTALION. TX15083 LIEUTENANT MILNER GIVING THE NCO CADRE CLASS ...

    Haramura, Japan. 1949-10-19. Two members of BCOF at an Elimination Shoot held at the rifle range ...

    Haramura, Japan. 1949-10-19. Members of BCOF at an Elimination Shoot held at the rifle range to ...

    Haramura, Japan. 1949-10-19. QX6378 Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Marson, BCOF Civil Affairs Section, ...

    Eta Jima, Japan. 1951-10-17. Participants in the BCOF eliminations of Kings Medal Shoot, No. 2 ...

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Timeline

Other units 11/02/1929 Lieutenant 14th Light Horse Regiment.
Date commissioned 11/02/1929
Other units 01/07/1930 2/14th Light Horse Regiment.
Other units 07/11/1935 2/14th Light Horse Regiment.
Other units 01/07/1940 Seconded captain 2/25th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 02/08/1940 Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other units 15/12/1941 2/12th Battalion.
Other 03/05/1941 Arrived Middle East.
Date promoted 17/04/1942 Temporary major.
Date of honour or award 31/03/1942 Mention in Despatches.
Date promoted 27/10/1942 Temporary lieutenant colonel.
Date wounded 17/10/1942 Gun shot wound to right chest.
Other units 1942-10-27 - 1945-10-22 2/25th Battalion.
Date promoted 16/12/1943 Lieutenant colonel.
Other c 1943-07-22 Arrived Moresby.
Date returned to Australia 08/01/1943 Brisbane.
Other 1943-02-17 - 1943-03-28 Course - Land Headquarters Tactical.
Date of honour or award 28/12/1943 Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Other units 1944-09-24 - 1944-10-04 Attached Land Headquarters.
Date returned to Australia 21/01/1944 Cairns.
Date of honour or award 06/10/1944 Mention in Despatches.
Date promoted 03/02/1944 Major.
Date returned to Australia 01/12/1945 Brisbane.
Other c 1945-07-01 Arrived Balikpapan.
Other units 22/10/1945 Commanding officer 65th Battalion.
Date wounded 24/07/1945 Shell/shrapnel wound to neck.
Other 03/11/1945 Arrived Balikpapan.
Other units 1945-07-28 - 1945-08-16 Attached Headquarters 25th Brigade.
Other 27/10/1945 Arrived Morotai.
Other 15/12/1945 Arrived Morotai.
Other 08/11/1945 Arrived Morotai.
Other units 1945-10-22 - 1948-08-25 65th Battalion.
Other 06/06/1945 Arrived Morotai.
Other 14/02/1946 Arrived Kure.
Other units 25/04/1948 British Commonwelth Occupation Force Government (later Civil Affairs) Section.
Date promoted 12/07/1949 Lieutenant colonel.
Other units 11/01/1950 Commanding officer Brittish Communcation Base Sub Area.
Date of honour or award 13/06/1952 US Legion of Merit.
Other units 04/02/1952 Commanding officer 42nd Battalion.
Other 01/02/1952 Unattached List.
Other units 22/06/1954 Seconded Department External Affairs UN MO in Kashmir.
Date promoted 01/06/1955 Honourary colonel.
Other 30/11/1956 Retired List.

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