Lieutenant Colonel Peter Glynn Clifton Webster

Service number WX266
Birth Date 06/03/1915
Birth Place Australia: Western Australia, Bunbury
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Unit 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Bunbury
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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    Unit
    57/60th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

Timeline

WW2 Service 3 New Guinea
WW2 Service 1 Bardia-Benghazi
Career summary 15 (continuing hospital stints due to benign tertian (a type of malaria) Malaria )
WW2 Service 2 Bougainville
Career summary 1 Enlisted 2AIF 3 Nov 1939 2/11th battalion
Career summary 16 major 9 Dec 1943 (bd to temporary major)
Date of birth 06/03/1915
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 03/12/1939
Career summary 2 11/11/1939 temporary corporal
Date commissioned 01/03/1940
Career summary 3 01/03/1940 temporary sergeant
Career summary 4 01/03/1940 2lieutenant 28 Mar 1940 (bd
Career summary 6 20/09/1941 Appointed liaison officer to 19 Brigade
Career summary 5 27/01/1941 wounded in action
Career summary 12 10/11/1942 captain 23/21 bn
Career summary 7 06/01/1942 captain
Career summary 8 15/02/1942 liaison officer to 6Division
Career summary 13 23/12/1942 temporary major
Career summary 10 23/04/1942 liaison officer HeadquartersNorthern Territory Force
Career summary 11 1942-09-12 - 1942-09-27 Detached for service with Timor Force 5 Aug-21 Aug 1
Career summary 9 16/03/1942 Returned to Australia
Career summary 14 1943-03-07 - 1943-12-01 commanding officer 19th Australian Infantry Training battalion
Career summary 17 01/12/1943 major 2/48th battalion
Career summary 19 28/07/1945 Unit redesignated AIF
Appointment 1945-12-04 - 1946-03-29 Battalion: 7th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: commanding officer 57/60th battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: new command -infantry battalion /battalion disbanded
Appointment 1945-03-13 - 1945-12-04 Battalion: 57/60th; Rank on appointment: major, temporary lieutenant colonel ; Appointed from: 2/48th battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: new command -infantry battalion
Career summary 18 1945-03-13 - 1946-01-17 temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 57/60th battalion
Career summary 21 1945-12-04 - 1946-03-29 temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 7th battalion
Career summary 20 03/05/1945 lieutenant colonel 16 Aug 45 (bd 1
Appointment 1946-03-29 - 1946-05-23 Battalion: 26th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: commanding officer 7th battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: demobilised
Career summary 23 06/06/1946 Reserve of Officers
Career summary 22 1946-03-29 - 1946-05-23 temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 26th battalion