Lieutenant General John Lawrence Whitham

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Service number 2038
Ranks Held Brevet Major, Captain, Company Quartermaster-Sergeant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 07/10/1881
Birth Place India: Bihar, Jamalpur
Death Date 12/05/1952
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Concord
Final Rank Lieutenant General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 12th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
  • 49th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 49th Bn (52nd Bn)
  • 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • Australian Instructional Corps
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
  • First World War, 1914-1918

Collection items

    Media


    Lieutenant Colonel J. L. Whitham CMG DSO, Commanding Officer (left), leading the 52nd Battalion ...

    A platoon of B Company, 52nd Battalion, at the 4.30pm burial of Major William Alexander Craies, ...

    Signed studio portrait of Lieutenant Colonel John Lawrence Whitham CMG DSO of the 12th and 52nd ...

    Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel J.L. Whitham CMG DSO of the 12th Battalion, AIF. (Donor Captain ...

    Document


    Letters received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1 January 1918 – 25 December 1918

    Personal Files Book 14, 1 December 1916 - 10 February 1917

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Timeline

Date of birth 07/10/1881 Jamalpur, Bengal, India.
Date promoted 26/08/1914 Appointed Captain.
Date of enlistment 26/08/1914
Date of embarkation 20/10/1914
Other units 26/08/1914 12th Battalion.
Date promoted 26/04/1915 Appointed Major.
Date promoted 04/08/1915 Appointed Temporary Lieutenant Colonel.
Other units 23/09/1916 Assistant Adjutant General Administration Headquarters.
Date of recommendation honour or award 03/10/1916
Other units 01/07/1917 Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General 2nd Division.
Other units 01/07/1917 Commanding Officer 52nd Battalion.
Date promoted 10/07/1917 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/05/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/05/1918
Other units 18/09/1918 Commanding Officer 49th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/10/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 13/10/1918
Other units 15/12/1919 Liaison Officer General Headquarters Repatriation and Demobilisation Department.
Other 21/03/1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Date returned to Australia 15/01/1921
Date of death 12/05/1952 Concord, Sydney, New South Wales.

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