Lieutenant Colonel Horace William Strutt

Service number	TX2001
Birth Date	1903-12-19
Birth Place	Australia: Tasmania, Hobart
Death Date	1985-11-05
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Army
Units	1 Tank-A Regt 2/3rd Field Regiment
Place	Hobart
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1941-07-08 Published in London Gazette in 1941-11-04

Collection items

Date of birth	19 December 1903	Hobart TAS
Other units	1924	6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade.
Date commissioned	01 July 1924
Other units	01 July 1924	Australian Field Artillery, 12th Mixed Brigade.
Other	1927-03-10 - 1930-12-22	Aide de camp to Governor of Tasmania.
Date promoted	01 August 1928	Captain.
Date promoted	07 August 1933	Major.
Other units	15 March 1938	Commanding officer 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	24 October 1939	Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other units	24 October 1939	10th Battery 2/5th Field Regiment.
Other	31 January 1940	Course - School of Artillery.
Other units	09 May 1940	Commanding officer 2/1st Anti Tank Regiment.
Other	17 June 1940	Arrived United Kingdom.
Other units	26 June 1940	Commanding officer 70th Battalion.
Other units	1940-06-26 - 1940-09-17	2/31st Battalion.
Other units	17 September 1940	Commanding officer 2/3rd Field Regiment.
Other	31 December 1940	Arrived Middle East.
Other	1941-06	Arrived Middle East.
Date of honour or award	19 July 1941	Mention in Despatches.
Date promoted	14 August 1941	Temporary brigadier.
Other units	18 August 1941	Attached Headquarters Artillery 6th Division.
Date of honour or award	27 September 1941	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Date returned to Australia	31 March 1942	Adelaide.
Other units	13 May 1942	Royal Artillery, Northern Territory Force.
Other units	21 December 1942	Royal Artillery 12th Division.
Other	07 June 1944	Retired List.
Date of death	05 November 1985
Other	c 1941-04-05	Arrived Greece.