Brigadier Charles Stanley Barber

Service number VX108110, V38106
Ranks Held Captain, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date 06/07/1888
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Final Rank Brigadier
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 1st Australian Divisional Engineers
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 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

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Date of birth 06/07/1888
Other units 29/08/1914 2nd lieutenant, 3rd Field Company Engineers.
Date of enlistment 29/08/1914
Date commissioned 29/08/1914
Date of embarkation 22/09/1914
Other 01/08/1914 Australian Engineers 4th Military District.
Date of recommendation honour or award 18/11/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 11/11/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 02/12/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 29/11/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/11/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 24/11/1915
Date promoted 01/02/1915 Appointed lieutenant.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/11/1915
Other 30/07/1916 Demobilised.
Other 1916-08-01 - 1919-01-24 Temporary Duty in Chief of Ordnance's Department.
Date returned to Australia 09/02/1916
Date promoted 26/07/1917 Appointed captain.
Other units 01/01/1920 3rd Military District Engineers.
Other 16/02/1921 Unattached List.
Other units 16/02/1926 Australian Garison Artillery Artillery Survey Company.
Other units 25/10/1935 Lieutenant colonel and commanding officer 59th Battalion.
Other units 01/05/1938 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 05/07/1941 Temporary brigadier.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 22/07/1942 Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other units 1942-10-01 - 1943-03-15 Seconded administering command 3rd Division.
Other 25/02/1943 Arrived New Guinea.
Date returned to Australia 30/06/1943 Returned to Townsville.
Other 27/08/1943 Reserve of Officers.

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