Captain Reginald George Downing

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Photograph P08238.010
Service number 3, NX125728
Ranks Held Captain, Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant, Lieutenant
Birth Date 24/05/1891
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Death Date 01/09/1967
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Kogarah
Final Rank Captain
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 54th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 56th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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Pre WW1 Service 2 LSGT
Career summary 1 commanding officer 1st ACR
Career summary 11 *** NO ACTIVE SERVICE ***
Career summary 3 training 1940/41 269 Days
WW2 Service 1 NO O/S SERVICE
Date of birth 24/05/1891 Sydney NSW
Pre WW1 Service 1 14/09/1912 private SUS
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 14/09/1912
Date commissioned 19/11/1915
Date of enlistment 25/03/1915
WW1 Service 2 19/11/1915 2lieutenant 2nd battalion
Date of embarkation 13/06/1915
WW1 Service 1 14/09/1915 enlisted AIF Australian Army Service Corps
Date of recommendation honour or award 03/08/1916
WW1 Service 3 12/03/1916 lieutenant 54th battalion
WW1 Service 4 23/01/1917 14th Infantry Training battalion
WW1 Service 5 01/10/1917 captain 54th battalion
Date of recommendation honour or award 16/10/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 07/09/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 17/10/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/09/1918
Date returned to Australia 15/05/1919
WW1 Service 6 15/11/1919 demobilised
Interwar Service 1 01/01/1920 Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 2 31/03/1921 SUS
Interwar Service 3 01/04/1924 Unattached List
Interwar Service 4 31/08/1928 56th battalion
Interwar Service 5 26/11/1929 course Assessed fit for command
Interwar Service 6 01/08/1930 lieutenant colonel commanding officer
Interwar Service 7 01/02/1933 Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 9 01/05/1934 1st Armoured Car Regiment
Interwar Service 8 17/01/1934 9th Light Horse Regiment
Interwar Service 10 11/06/1937 major 1st ACR
Interwar Service 11 01/11/1938 commanding officer 1st ACR
Appointment 1940-07-15 - 1943-01-02 Battalion: 56th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: 54th battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: age new command -training unit: chief instructor 3 Australian Corps School
Career summary 2 15/07/1940 commanding officer 56th battalion
Career summary 5 07/08/1942 enlisted 2AIF
Career summary 6 18/10/1942 ED
Career summary 4 1942-01-05 - 1942-02-10 course ECTS senior off
Career summary 7 02/12/1942 UFD seconded AIF vide Military Secretary
Career summary 8 02/01/1943 chief instructor 3 Australian Corps School
Career summary 10 06/08/1944 Reserve of Officers
Career summary 9 17/05/1944 relinquish CI...
Date of death 01/09/1967

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