Captain Reginald George Downing

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Photograph P08238.010
Service number 3, NX125728
Ranks Held Captain, Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant, Lieutenant
Birth Date 1891-05-24
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Death Date 1967-09-01
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
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1919-02-01
Published in London Gazette in 1916-09-26
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-12-14
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-06-03

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

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