Major General John Gellibrand

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Photograph P01489.001
Ranks Held Brigadier General, Colonel, General, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Major General, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 1872-12-05
Birth Place Australia: Tasmania, Ouse
Death Date 1945-06-03
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Murrindindi
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • AIF Depots
  • Staff
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 3rd Australian Division
  • 6th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 12th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • General List
  • 3rd Div Headquaters
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-12
Published in London Gazette in 1916-07-13
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-29
Published in London Gazette in 1919-08-21
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-04
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-18
Published in London Gazette in 1916-05-02
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-09
Published in London Gazette in 1916-05-05
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-17
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-09-21
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-09-21
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-11-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-01-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

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    MAJOR GENERAL DRAKE BROCKMAN, LIEUTENANT GENERAL J.W. LAVARACK, BRIGADIER F. HUGHES, LIEUTENANT ...

    Group portrait of staff Officers at Mena Camp. Left to right: back row: Official correspondent ...

    Collection related to the service of Alfred George Brown MC

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    09 June 1919 on page 7420 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    06 October 1919 on page 1468 at position 4

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Brigadier General

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    3rd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    12 July 1919 on page 8938 at position 7
    Commonwealth Gazette
    17 October 1919 on page 1531 at position 50

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Brigadier General

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    04 June 1917 on page 5455 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2626 at position 3

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8826 at position 25
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1661 at position 30

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    AIF Depots
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Brigadier General

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15225 at position 28
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 878 at position 90

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Brigadier General

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    18 June 1917 on page 5980 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2628 at position 5

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    05 May 1916 on page 4517 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    21 September 1916 on page 2621 at position 13

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 253 at position 14
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1391 at position 29

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    3rd Div Headquaters
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Brigadier General

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    02 May 1916 on page 4428 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    21 September 1916 on page 2621 at position 5

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    01 June 1917 on page 5419 at position 15
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2622 at position 37

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    13 July 1916 on page 6942 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 November 1916 on page 3233 at position 10

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    12th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Staff
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13563 at position 24
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 841 at position 28

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    3rd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    21 August 1919 on page 10608 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 January 1920 on page 85 at position 4

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    General

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    12th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    3rd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    29 January 1919 on page 1445 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 899 at position 63

Timeline

Date of birth 05 December 1872 Ouse, Tasmania.
Date graduated 1893 Graduated from Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Other 1893 Qualified as German and French interpreter.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 21 October 1893 Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the South Lancashire Regiment and posted to 1st Battalion.
Date promoted 1895 Promoted to Lieutenant.
Other units 1900 Transferred to 3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Other 1900-02 Commanded a compnay in the releif of Ladysmith in South Africa.
Other 1900-03 Served in Natal.
Date graduated 1907 Graduated from Staff College, Camberley.
Other 1907 Posted to Ceylon, but resigned his commission.
Other 1912 Returned to Tasmania and became an orchardist.
Date of enlistment 20 August 1914
Other 20 August 1914 Appointed to the Administrative Staff of 1st Australian Division.
Date promoted 23 September 1914 Promoted to Major.
Date of embarkation 21 October 1914
Date wounded 1915-04 Wounded twice and was evacuated to Egypt.
Other 25 April 1915 Participated in the landing at Gallipoli.
Other 1915-05 Returned to Gallipoli.
Date of recommendation honour or award 17 November 1915
Date promoted 1915-12 Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and given command of 12th Battalion.
Other units 1915-12 Transferred to the staff of 2nd Division.
Date of honour or award 1916 Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and was Mentioned in Despatches for his work at Gallipoli.
Date promoted 1916-03 Promoted to Colonel, and soon after Temporary Brigadier General.
Other units 1916-03 Appointed Commander of 6th Infantry Brigade in Egypt.
Date wounded 1916-05 Wounded in France.
Other 1916-06 Involved in operations at Poziers, Mougquet Farm, the Bapaume Sector, Bullecourt (where he was awarded the bar to his DSO), and Hindenburg Line.
Date of recommendation honour or award 10 October 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917
Other 1917 Posted to the United Kingdom where he undertook the reorganisation of AIF training depots.
Date of recommendation honour or award 05 February 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 08 May 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 September 1917
Other 1917-11 Returned to France to command 12th Brigade.
Date of honour or award 1918-05 Appointed CB and later KCB for his service in France.
Date promoted 1918-05 Promoted to Major General.
Date returned to Australia 06 May 1918 Returned to his farm in Risdon, Tasmania. He went on to hold various government, military and political posts in Australia, and had a pivotal role in the establishment of the Legacy movement.
Date of recommendation honour or award 21 September 1918
Date of honour or award 1919 Awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Date of honour or award 1919 Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (United States Army).
Date of honour or award 1919 Awarded the Legion d'Honnuer.
Date returned to Australia 06 May 1919
Date of death 03 June 1945 Murrindindi, Victoria.

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