Major General William John Victor Windeyer

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Photograph 016473
Service number NX396, 250019
Ranks Held Brigadier, Lieutenant Colonel, Major General, Temporary Brigadier
Birth Date 28/07/1900
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Hunters Hill
Death Date 23/11/1987
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Wahroonga
Final Rank Major General
Service Army
Units
  • 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 20th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • Citizen Military Forces
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Period 1945-1959

Collection items

    Media


    New Guinea. Informal portrait of Brigadier William John Victor Windeyer DSO and Bar in a forward ...

    NX396 Lieutenant Colonel William John Victor Windeyer, DSO. ED., holding a conference at ...

    VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell, CBE, DSO, ED, Commanding 26th Australian Infantry ...

    PALESTINE. 1942-01-12. AT THE REVIEW OF THE 20TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE BY THE ...

    TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-04-21. BRIGADIER RAYMOND W. TOVELL, ACTING GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 9TH ...

    TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-04-21. BRIGADIER RAYMOND W. TOVELL, ACTING GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 9TH ...

    TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-04-21. BRIGADIER RAYMOND W. TOVELL, ACTING GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 9TH ...

    TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-04-21. BRIGADIER RAYMOND W. TOVELL, ACTING GENERAL-OFFICER-COMMANDING 9TH ...

    WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-23. GROUP AT COMMAND TRUCK OF 20TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE IN ...

    WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-17. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL B.L. MONTGOMERY, (LEFT) AND BRIGADIER ...

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 28/07/1900 Hunters Hill, NSW.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 1918-07-29 - 1918-11-11 In recruit.
Other units 16/02/1922 Lieutenant, SUS.
Date commissioned 16/02/1922
Date promoted 10/08/1924 Appointed captain.
Date promoted 09/07/1929 Appointed major Sydney University Regiment.
Other 06/12/1932 Course - assessed qualified for promotion to lieutenant colonel.
Other units 01/07/1937 Lieutenant colonel commanding officer Sydney University Regiment.
Other units 09/08/1940 Commanding officer 2/48th Battalion.
Other units 1940-07-01 - 1942-01-06 Lieutenant colonel with 2/48th Battalion.
Other units 15/07/1940 Transferred Second in charge 2/13th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 18/05/1940 Enlisted in the 2nd AIF.
Other units 01/05/1940 Seconded major Headquarters 7th Division.
Other 17/12/1940 Arrived Middle East.
Date promoted 29/08/1940 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other 1941-08-23 - 1941-10-11 Course - Middle East Tactical School.
Date of honour or award 30/12/1941 Mention in Despatches.
Other units 12/11/1941 Attached Headquarters 26th Brigade.
Other units 1942-01-06 - 1942-10-27 Appointed colonel and temporary brigadier to command 20th Brigade.
Other 31/12/1942 Course - Middle East Combined Operations School 26.
Date of honour or award 14/04/1942 Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Other 12/09/1942 Medical infective hepatitis.
Date of honour or award 31/08/1943 Mention in Despatches.
Date returned to Australia 27/02/1943 Returned to Sydney.
Other 28/12/1943 Arrived New Guinea.
Other 30/07/1943 Arrived Milne Bay.
Date returned to Australia 15/12/1943 Returned to Townsville.
Date of honour or award 31/05/1943 Bar to Distinguished Service Order.
Other 31/07/1944 Course 1Australian Corps Staff School 19.
Other units 29/02/1944 Attached Headquarters 9th Division.
Other units 21/09/1945 Attached Headquarters 9th Division.
Date of honour or award 09/03/1945 Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Other c 1945-06-01 Arrived British North Borneo.
Other 12/04/1945 Arrived Morotai.
Other 11/12/1946 Aide de camp to Governor General.
Other 15/02/1946 Reserve of Officers.
Other units 1950-07-01 - 1952-07-01 Temporary major general general officer commanding 2nd Division.
Date promoted 01/07/1951 Appointed major general.
Date of honour or award 11/06/1953 Companion of the Order of the Bath.
Date of death 23/11/1987

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