Lieutenant Colonel Robert Raymond Marston

Service number	VX108132
Ranks Held	Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Army
Unit	57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)	1923	16th Battalion
Date commissioned	20/11/1923
Other	01/07/1925	Officer commanding A Company.
Other	01/07/1926	Unattached List.
Other units	01/08/1927	60th Battalion.
Other units	01/07/1930	57/60th Battalion.
Date promoted	16/07/1937	Captain.
Other	18/12/1939	Adjutant.
Other units	20/05/1940	58th Battalion.
Other	25/05/1942	Seconded general service officer grade 2 (learner) Headquarters 3 Australia Division.
Other units	1942-01-03 - 1942-02-08	Attached 8th Field Regiment.
Other	1942-03-23 - 1942-04-18	Southern Command Training School Course.
Other	15/10/1942	General service officer grade 2 Headquarters 3 Australian Division.
Date promoted	06/02/1942	Temporary major.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	24/07/1942	Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other units	23/02/1943	58/59th Battalion.
Other units	1943-04-28 - 1945-02-27	Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 57/60th Battalion.
Other	11/03/1943	Arrived Moresby.
Date promoted	06/05/1943	Major.
Date returned to Australia	31/07/1944	Returned to Townsville.
Date of honour or award	31/07/1944	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Date promoted	20/01/1944	Lieutenant colonel.
Date of honour or award	31/03/1945	Mention in Despatches.
Date returned to Australia	12/04/1945	Returned to Sydney.
Other	05/01/1945	Arrived Bougainville.
Other units	1945-02-14 - 1945-04-02	Attached Headquarters 29th Brigade.