Major General John Macquarie Antill

Ranks Held Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Brigadier General, Captain, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Major General, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 26/01/1866
Death Date 01/03/1937
Also known as Bullant
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Conflicts/Operations
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
  • First World War, 1914-1918

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    GENERAL GODLEY SPEAKING TO COLONEL ANTILL AND OFFICERS OF THE 3RD A.L.H. BRIGADE, OUTSIDE THEIR ...

    BRIGADIER-GENERAL J.M. ANTILL AND HIS STAFF, MOUNTED ON CAMELS, AT SERAPEUM, SUEZ CANAL. (DONATED ...

    SYDNEY, NSW, 1904-08. GROUP PORTRAIT OF PARTICIPANTS AT NO. 5 LIGHT HORSE SCHOOL, HELD AT ...

    WALKER'S RIDGE, GALLIPOLI. 1915-08-15. BRIGADE MAJOR J. M. ANTILL (RIGHT), 3RD AUSTRALIAN LIGHT ...

    GALLIPOLI. 1915. STANDING ON A TRACK BESIDE THE TRENCHES EXAMINING A RIFLE BROKEN BY A SHELL. ...

    Document


    Diary No.4 of Rupert Major Downes, 24 April - 25 July 1916

    AWM43 A26 - [Official History, 1914-18 War: biographical and other research files:] Angwin B, Annand F W G, Annear A O, Annear H N, Annear W R, Annoni...

    Wallet 1 of 1 – Letters of John Kelly and Michael Kelly to their family and a photograph of John Kelly, 1899-1900

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Date of birth 26/01/1866 Picton, NSW.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 1889 Commissioned as a captain in the NSW Mounted Rifles, and sent to India and served with the Devonshire Regiment and Second Dragoon Guards for training.
Other units 1899 Commanded A Squadron and saw active service in South Africa.
Other 04/1902 Served on the instructional staff of the Permanent Military Forces in NSW.
Other 06/1904 Aide de Camp to Governor General Lord Northcote.
Other 1914 Joined the active list and promoted to lieutenant colonel and Brigade Major to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade and served at Gallipoli.
Date of enlistment 17/10/1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/09/1915
Date of embarkation 25/02/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 1916
Date promoted 1916 Promoted to colonel on his return to Egypt.
Date returned to Australia 26/09/1917
Date of death 01/03/1937

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