Colonel William Brazenor

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Photograph P11473.027.001
Service number V4608
Ranks Held Captain, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 07/04/1888
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Ballarat
Death Date 22/09/1945
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Ballarat
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 71st Infantry
Place Ballarat
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

    Media


    Accompanied by the Commanding Officer, 23rd Battalion (either Lieutenant Colonel George Hodges ...

    Informal group portrait of six officers from the 23rd Battalion standing near Battalion ...

    Group portrait of officers of the 23rd Battalion aboard HMAT Euripides en route to Egypt. Front ...

    Studio portrait of three officer of the 23rd Battalion who all embarked together from Melbourne ...

    Document


    Photocopied diary of Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1917-1918

    Manuscript relating to Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1915-1918; 2007

    Manuscript relating to Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1915-1918; 2007

    Wallet 1 of 1 – Letters from Robert Mactier VC to his sister Belle Crawford and other papers, c.1912-c.1962

    Wallet 1 of 1 – Letters from Robert Mactier VC to his sister Belle Crawford and other papers, c.1912-c.1962

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Timeline

Date of birth 07/04/1888 Ballarat, Victoria.
Date promoted 27/08/1915 Appointed major.
Date of enlistment 17/03/1915
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 29/03/1915 Appointed to the 23rd Battalion with the rank of captain.
Date of embarkation 08/05/1915
Date promoted 02/09/1916 Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 14/09/1916
Date promoted 02/12/1916 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 16/08/1916
Other 02/09/1916 Temporary Commanding Officer of the 23rd Battalion.
Other 02/12/1916 Commanding Officer of the 23rd Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 19/09/1917
Other units 1917-10-15 - 1917-06-25 Attached to 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, temporary Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/09/1917
Other units 1917-11-22 - 1917-12-07 Attached to 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, temporary Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 29/04/1918
Other units 1918-02-16 - 1918-03-03 Attached to 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, temporary Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/07/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 14/09/1918
Other units 10/12/1918 Resumed command of the 23rd Battalion.
Other units 1918-06-13 - 1918-06-20 Attached to 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, temporary Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Other units 27/11/1918 Temporary Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Other 15/07/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date returned to Australia 21/03/1919
Date of death 22/09/1945 Ballarat, Victoria.

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