Brigadier Charles Stanley Barber

Service number V38106, VX108110
Ranks Held Captain, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date 1888-07-06
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Final Rank Brigadier
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 1st Australian Divisional Engineers
  • 3rd Field Company, Australian Engineers
  • 4th Field Company, Australian Engineers
Place Melbourne
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1916-03-15
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-07-06

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Date of birth 06 July 1888
Other 01 August 1914 Australian Engineers 4th Military District.
Date commissioned 29 August 1914
Date of enlistment 29 August 1914
Other units 29 August 1914 2nd lieutenant, 3rd Field Company Engineers.
Date of embarkation 22 September 1914
Date promoted 01 February 1915 Appointed lieutenant.
Date of recommendation honour or award 11 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 12 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 18 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 20 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 24 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 29 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 02 December 1915
Date returned to Australia 09 February 1916
Other 30 July 1916 Demobilised.
Other 1916-08-01 - 1919-01-24 Temporary Duty in Chief of Ordnance's Department.
Date promoted 26 July 1917 Appointed captain.
Other units 01 January 1920 3rd Military District Engineers.
Other 16 February 1921 Unattached List.
Other units 16 February 1926 Australian Garison Artillery Artillery Survey Company.
Other units 25 October 1935 Lieutenant colonel and commanding officer 59th Battalion.
Other units 01 May 1938 Commanding officer 29/22nd Battalion.
Other units 1939-08-01 - 1940-06-24 Commanding officer 29th Battalion.
Other units 1940-06-24 - 1943-06-15 Temporary colonel, command 4th Brigade.
Date promoted 05 July 1941 Temporary brigadier.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 22 July 1942 Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other units 1942-10-01 - 1943-03-15 Seconded administering command 3rd Division.
Other 25 February 1943 Arrived New Guinea.
Date returned to Australia 30 June 1943 Returned to Townsville.
Other 27 August 1943 Reserve of Officers.

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