Temporary Brigadier Frederick Alexander 'Bull' Burrows

Service number DSO MM, 2328, NX383
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Private, Sergeant, Temporary Brigadier
Birth Date 10/11/1897
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Wahgunyah
Death Date 23/05/1973
Final Rank Temporary Brigadier
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Wahgunyah
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 10/11/1897 Wahgunyah, VIC.
Date of honour or award 1914 Military Medal.
Date of embarkation 16/07/1915
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 28/04/1915
Date promoted 01/02/1916 Lance corporal.
Date promoted 27/10/1916 Sergeant.
Date wounded 05/10/1916 Wounded in action shell/shrapnel wound to buttock.
Other units 21/07/1916 C Platoon.
Date of recommendation honour or award 18/08/1918
Date wounded 28/08/1918 Wounded in action gun shot wound left arm.
Date commissioned 26/08/1918 2nd lieutenant (AMF).
Date promoted 14/01/1919 Lieutenant.
Date returned to Australia 28/03/1919
Other units 31/03/1921 Lieutenant 14th Battalion.
Date promoted 06/04/1925 Captain.
Date promoted 16/04/1929 Major.
Other 18/04/1932 Course - assessed as competant for promotion to lieutenant colonel.
Other units 1938-08-15 - 1940-03-03 Lieutenant colonel commanding officer, 36th Battalion.
Other 05/05/1940 Seconded commanding officer 2/13th Battalion.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 08/04/1940 Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other 1940-03-03 - 1940-05-06 Full time duty commanding officer Eastern Command Recruit Training Depot.
Other units 1940-04-26 - 1941-12-26 Lieutenant colonel, commanding officer, 2/13th Battalion.
Other 26/11/1940 Arrived Middle East.
Date wounded 26/12/1941 Gun shot wound to head at Ed Duda.
Date of honour or award 30/12/1942 Mention in Despatches.
Other units 1942-05-09 - 1942-05-24 Temporary brigadier, commander 1st Brigade.
Date of honour or award 16/01/1942 Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Date returned to Australia 10/03/1942 Returned to Sydney.
Other 1943-01-23 - 1943-02-14 Course - Joint Overseas Operation Training School.
Date promoted 12/10/1944 Appointed colonel.
Other 28/07/1945 Retired List.
Date of death 23/05/1973