Major General Donald Beaumont Dunstan

Service number 2289, NX160013
Ranks Held Lieutenant, Colonel, Major General, Major
Birth Date 1923-02-18
Birth Place Australia: South Australia, Murray Bridge
Death Date 2011-10-15
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Army
Units
  • Australian Army Service Corps
  • CGS
  • Australian Force Vietnam
  • 1st Australian Task Force
  • 27th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Murray Bridge
Conflicts/Operations
  • Korea, 1950-1953
  • Period 1950-1959
  • Period 1970-1979
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Vietnam, 1962-1975
Gazettes Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-03-06
Published in London Gazette in 1954-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1969-04-25
Published in London Gazette in 1972-11-21
Published in London Gazette in 1979-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1947-03-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1954-01-14
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1972-11-16
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1969-04-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1979-12-31

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    1st Australian Task Force
    Conflict
    Vietnam, 1962-1975
    Rank
    Colonel
    London Gazette
    25 April 1969 on page 4373 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 April 1969 on page 2421 at position 1
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian Force Vietnam
    Conflict
    Vietnam, 1962-1975
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    21 November 1972 on page 13766 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    16 November 1972 on page 1 at position 1
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    27th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Lieutenant
    London Gazette
    06 March 1947 on page 1095 at position 62
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 March 1947 on page 754 at position 27
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian Army Service Corps
    Conflict
    Period 1950-1959
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    01 January 1954 on page 40 at position 8
    Commonwealth Gazette
    14 January 1954 on page 75 at position 13
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    CGS
    Conflict
    Period 1970-1979
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    31 December 1979 on page 22 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    31 December 1979 on page 5 at position 1

Timeline

Date of birth 18 February 1923
Date of death 15 October 2011