Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Wilder-Neligan

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Photograph P04446.004
Service number 974
Ranks Held Captain, Lance Corporal, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Sergeant
Birth Date 04/10/1882
Birth Place United Kingdom: England, Devon
Death Date 10/01/1923
Death Place Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 10th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 9th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Event Western Front
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Period 1919-1939

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    Profile portrait of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Maurice Wilder-Neligan CMG DSO and Bar DCM C de ...

    Informal portrait of the Australian Rules Football Team of the 9th and 10th Battalions, winners ...

    Colonel M Wilder-Neligan DSO DCM, on horseback, leading a parade of the 9th Battalion through a ...

    An outdoors group portrait of officers of the 9th and 10th Battalions who won decorations during ...

    THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO 10 BATTALION, AIF, LIEUTENANT COLONEL MAURICE WILDER-NELIGAN CMG DSO ...

    Group portrait of the 3rd Brigade band known as the 'All Australia Band'. Comprised of members of ...

    Townsville, Queensland. c. 1914. Recruits for the original 9th Battalion, AIF. Third from the ...

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Date of birth 04/10/1882
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 20/08/1914 10 Battalion.
Date of embarkation 24/09/1914
Date of enlistment 20/08/1914
Date of honour or award 05/08/1915 Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award 06/09/1915 Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Date of honour or award 25/08/1916 Awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Date of recommendation honour or award 25/11/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/07/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/09/1917
Other 1917-07-15 - 1917-09-25 Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion.
Date of honour or award 28/12/1917 Mention in Despatches.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/06/1917
Other 1917-10-09 - 1918-01-11 Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion.
Date of honour or award 04/01/1917 Mention in Despatches.
Other 1917-06-23 - 1917-07-05 Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/03/1918
Other 1918-01-18 - 1918-01-23 Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion.
Other 1918-08-16 - 1918-08-27 Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion.
Date of honour or award 10/10/1918 Awarded the French Croix de Guerre.
Other 1918-05-20 - 1918-08-12 Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion.
Other 1918-09-06 - 1918-09-30 Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion.
Date of honour or award 28/05/1918 Mention in Despatches.
Other 1918-01-31 - 1918-02-11 Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion.
Date of honour or award 31/12/1918 Mention in Despatches.
Date of recommendation honour or award 14/08/1918
Date of honour or award 03/06/1918 Awarded the Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
Date of honour or award 07/11/1918 Awarded the Bar to the Distinguished Service Order.
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/08/1918
Other 1919-10-04 - 1919-01-01 Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 08/07/1919
Date returned to Australia 18/07/1919
Date of death 10/01/1923

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