Lieutenant Harold Joseph Wiles

Service number 793, QX54945 (Q27608)
Ranks Held Corporal, Lieutenant
Birth Date 15/11/1894
Birth Place United Kingdom: England, Bedfordshire, Bedford
Final Rank Lieutenant
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 41st Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Bedford
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth 15/11/1894 Bedford, UK.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 30/12/1915
Other units 22/02/1916 2/41st reinforcements.
Other units 28/03/1916 41st Battalion.
Date promoted 26/09/1916 Sergeant.
Other units 08/02/1916 35th Battalion.
Date of embarkation 18/05/1916
Date promoted 16/07/1917 Lieutenant.
Other 27/02/1917 Seconded 11th Infantry Training Battalion.
Date commissioned 13/01/1917
Date of honour or award 08/11/1918 Mention in Despatches.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/04/1918
Date wounded 29/09/1918 Gun shot wound to left leg.
Date of honour or award 01/06/1918 Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Other 15/04/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date returned to Australia 22/01/1919
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 27/07/1940 Appointed lieutenant 61st Battalion.
Date promoted 19/09/1940 Temporary captain.
Other units 28/03/1941 61st Battalion.
Other 17/06/1941 Full time duty AIF Mobile Recruiting Unit.
Date promoted 09/04/1941 Temporary major.
Other 01/03/1941 Transferred to Australian Intelligence Corps.
Other units 22/09/1941 61st Battalion.
Other 14/02/1941 Full time duty Headquarters Northern Command Maryborough.
Other 23/03/1942 Course - RAAF School of Army Co-Op 3.
Other 11/07/1942 Arrived New Guinea.
Other units 1943-08-19 - 1944-04-01 Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 61st Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 13/02/1943 Returned to Sydney
Date promoted 16/09/1943 Lieutenant colonel.
Other 1943-02-07 - 1943-04-20 Course - Land Headquarters Tactical School.
Other 20/04/1943 Arrived New Guinea.
Other units 1944-04-01 - 1946-02-28 Commanding officer 1st Garrison Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 07/01/1944 Returned to Cairns.
Other 26/05/1945 Course - School of Mechanisation (3A Mobile Wing).
Other 15/03/1946 Reserve of Officers.

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