Major General Eric Clive Pegus Plant

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Photograph P02193.001
Service number QX6392
Ranks Held Commandant, Lieutenant, Major, Brigadier, Major General
Birth Date 1890-04-23
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Charters Towers
Death Date 1950-05-17
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 49th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 49th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 49th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 49th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 49th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-11-08
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1945-06-14
Published in London Gazette in 1917-07-18
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1918-05-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in London Gazette in 1941-12-30
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-07
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-10-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-09-15
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-06-21
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

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    SYRIA. 1941-12. BRIGADIER E.C.P. PLANT, COMMANDING 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, 7TH DIVISION.

    SYRIA. 1941-12. BRIGADIER E.C.P. PLANT, COMMANDING 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, 7TH DIVISION.

    MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1942-06-17. MAJOR-GENERAL E.C. PLANT, COMMANDING VICTORIAN L OF C ARMY ...

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    01 January 1917 on page 28 at position 57
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1389 at position 62

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Commandant

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    49th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    28 May 1918 on page 6200 at position 46
    Commonwealth Gazette
    24 October 1918 on page 2055 at position 62

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Australian Instructional Corps
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards:

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    14 June 1945 on page 2936 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    21 June 1945 on page 1351 at position 1

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    49th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    49th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    07 January 1919 on page 314 at position 6
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 893 at position 2

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 253 at position 27
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1391 at position 43

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    49th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    49th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    03 June 1919 on page 6812 at position 22
    Commonwealth Gazette
    15 September 1919 on page 1370 at position 11

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    49th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    49th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13564 at position 32
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 842 at position 23

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    18 July 1917 on page 7211 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    08 November 1917 on page 2938 at position 1

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    25th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Brigadier
    London Gazette
    30 December 1941 on page 7357 at position 7

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    49th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8827 at position 17
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1653 at position 77

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    49th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15225 at position 76
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 878 at position 9

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

Timeline

Date of birth 23 April 1890
Date of enlistment 15 August 1914
Date of embarkation 21 October 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 11 August 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 14 September 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917-05
Date of recommendation honour or award 09 March 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 27 September 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 January 1919
Date returned to Australia 22 May 1920
Date of death 17 May 1950

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