Brigadier General Evan Alexander Wisdom

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Ranks Held Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 29/09/1869
Birth Place United Kingdom: Scotland, Highland, Inverness
Death Date 07/12/1945
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Final Rank Brigadier General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 18th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 5th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 7th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • Unattached List
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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    Group portrait of senior officers of the Australian Imperial Force at Victoria Barracks. ...

    Studio portrait of Major E A Wisdom (later Brigadier Wisdom CB CMG DSO VD) wearing the uniform of ...

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    AWM183 48 - Australian War Records Section biographical forms: Lt Col J Williams, Maj L L Williams, Maj M D Williams, Lt Col N R Williams, Lt Col A M ...

    Personal Files Book 22, 10 April - 1 June 1919

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Date of birth 29/09/1869
Other 1891 Emigrgated to Western Australia where he became a gold prospector.
Date commissioned 1901 Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Western Australian Mounted Infantry and given command of the Cannington Troop.
Date promoted 1903 Promoted to captain.
Other 1908 Became a brigade major of the Western Australian Infantry Brigade.
Other 1908 - 1913 Mayor of Cottesloe.
Other units 1914 Placed in charge of the Karrakatta training camp.
Date of embarkation 12/05/1915
Date of enlistment 24/03/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 1915
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 03/1915 Appointed to the AIF with the rank of major as brigade major of the 5th Infantry Brigade.
Other units 02/1916 Given command of the 18th Infantry Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 16/09/1916
Other units 11/1916 Took over command of the 7th Infantry Battalion.
Date of honour or award 1916 Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services at Gallipoli.
Date promoted 11/1916 Promoted to Colonel and temporary brigadier general.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/03/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 29/04/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 24/09/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/03/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 21/09/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/03/1918
Date of honour or award 1919 Mention in Despatches six times and made a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services on the Western Front.
Other 1919 Served with the AIF's Demobilisation and Repatriation Department in London.
Date returned to Australia 15/11/1919
Date of death 07/12/1945

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