Group Captain Thomas Roy Marsden

Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Group Captain
Final Rank	Group Captain
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Units	5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Conflicts/Operations	First World War, 1914-1918 Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1943-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1916-09-26 Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31 Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-12-14 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-01-07 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

Rolls

Honours and Awards:

Unit

5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel

London Gazette

31 December 1918 on page 15229 at position 26

Commonwealth Gazette

23 May 1919 on page 879 at position 136
Honours and Awards:

Unit

30th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Captain

London Gazette

26 September 1916 on page 9421 at position 8

Commonwealth Gazette

14 December 1916 on page 3386 at position 6
First World War Nominal Roll:

Unit

5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel
Honours and Awards:

Unit

Royal Australian Air Force

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank

Group Captain

London Gazette

01 January 1943 on page 14 at position 2

Commonwealth Gazette

07 January 1943 on page 7 at position 24
Honours and Awards:

Unit

30th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Captain

London Gazette

04 January 1917 on page 256 at position 5

Commonwealth Gazette

29 June 1917 on page 1393 at position 67
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

8th Australian Machine Gun Company

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Captain
Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files:

Unit

5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

5th Australian Division

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Major
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel

Timeline

Date of enlistment	18 August 1914
Date of embarkation	09 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award	03 August 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award	08 October 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award	25 September 1918
Date returned to Australia	17 April 1920