Lieutenant Colonel Donald Charles Cameron

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Photograph A02830
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Lieutenant
Birth Date 19 November 1879
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Brisbane
Death Date 19 November 1960
Death Place Australia: Queensland, Barcaldine
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising)
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-12
Published in London Gazette in 1916-12-01
Published in London Gazette in 1920-01-12
Published in London Gazette in 1919-12-12
Published in London Gazette in 1920-01-16
Published in London Gazette in 1917-08-16
Published in London Gazette in 1901-08-20
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-04-01
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-04-01
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-03-25
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-12-20
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-05-23

Collection items

    Media


    Studio portrait of Lieutenant Colonel D C Cameron CMG DSO, Commanding Officer (CO) of the 5th ...

    Bayoud Oasis, Sinai Peninsula. Major D C Cameron mounted on his horse is in the foreground. ...

    Major D C Cameron standing next to remains of the tomb of a sheik in the Sinai Desert, near ...

    Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Donald Charles Cameron KCMG DSO VD who served with an American ...

    AT SEA. 1914-12-10. GROUP PORTRAIT OF OFFICERS OF THE 5TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT (5ALH) ...

    ROMANI AREA. 1916-11. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF THE 5TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT. LEFT ...

    Object


    Distinguished Service Order: Major Donald Charles Cameron, 5 Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    01 December 1916 on page 11807 at position 30
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 April 1917 on page 926 at position 38

  • Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:

    Unit
    6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    Conflict
    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    16 January 1920 on page 698 at position 4
    Commonwealth Gazette
    01 April 1920 on page 545 at position 76

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    16 August 1917 on page 8353 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    20 December 1917 on page 3372 at position 21

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    Conflict
    South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
    Rank
    Lieutenant
    London Gazette
    20 August 1901 on page 5484 at position 2

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    12 January 1918 on page 804 at position 22
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1918 on page 1123 at position 4

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    12 December 1919 on page 15440 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    25 March 1920 on page 391 at position 4

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    12 January 1920 on page 507 at position 39
    Commonwealth Gazette
    01 April 1920 on page 544 at position 15

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

Timeline

Date of birth 19 November 1879
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 28 October 1914
Date of embarkation 21 December 1914
Other units 1917-10-30 - 1919-10-04 Commanding Officer of the 5th Light Horse Regiment.
Date returned to Australia 27 June 1919
Date of death 19 November 1960

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