Lieutenant General Vernon Ashton Hobart Sturdee

Service number NX35000
Ranks Held Lieutenant, Lieutenant Adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Lieutenant General, Colonel, Lieutenant General
Birth Date 1890-04-16
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Frankston
Death Date 1966-05-25
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Heidelberg
Final Rank Lieutenant General
Service Army
Units
  • 1 Army
  • Army
  • Royal Engineers
  • 5th Australian Divisional Engineers
  • 5th Field Company, Australian Engineers
  • 8th Field Company, Australian Engineers
  • Australian Engineers
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Period 1950-1959
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-03-06
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1939-01-02
Published in London Gazette in 1943-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1951-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1947-03-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-01-07
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1951-01-11
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Army
    Conflict
    Period 1950-1959
    Rank
    Lieutenant General
    London Gazette
    01 January 1951 on page 36 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    11 January 1951 on page 53 at position 3
  • Honours and Awards:

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Temporary Lieutenant General
    London Gazette
    01 January 1943 on page 3 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    07 January 1943 on page 7 at position 16
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Field Company, Australian Engineers
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    5th Field Company, Australian Engineers
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Army
    Conflict
    Period 1930-1939
    Rank
    Colonel
    London Gazette
    02 January 1939 on page 8 at position 1
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

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

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15225 at position 86
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 878 at position 68
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    5th Australian Divisional Engineers
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    01 January 1919 on page 13 at position 7
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 887 at position 42
  • Honours and Awards:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    01 January 1917 on page 28 at position 70
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1389 at position 75
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Royal Engineers
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Australian Engineers
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Adjutant
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Australian Engineers
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 254 at position 91
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1392 at position 22
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

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

    Unit
    1 Army
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Temporary Lieutenant General
    London Gazette
    06 March 1947 on page 1091 at position 3
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 March 1947 on page 750 at position 61

Timeline

Date of birth 16 April 1890
Date of embarkation 21 October 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 12 October 1916
Date of death 25 May 1966

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