Service number | DSO MM, 2328, NX383 |
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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 |
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Place | Wahgunyah |
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Temporary Brigadier Frederick Alexander 'Bull' Burrows
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Sergeant
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Honours and Awards:
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Temporary Brigadier
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Sergeant
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Private
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
Timeline
Date of birth | 10/11/1897 | Wahgunyah, VIC. |
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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 |