Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Gray Marks

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Photograph C00561
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Second Lieutenant, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 20/03/1895
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Junee
Death Date 25/01/1920
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Palm Beach
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 13th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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    Media


    An unidentified freighter passes through the Suez Canal, watched by a large number of men from ...

    Informal portrait of Captain Douglas Gray Marks, 13th Battalion at one of the machine gun posts ...

    The 13th Battalion in camp in Northern Egypt. Crowds of soldiers are resting on the ground.

    Durrant's Post, Gallipoli Peninsula, after a heavy fall of snow.

    The 13th Battalion in the process of embarking on board HMAT Ulysses, probably the ship on the ...

    A decorative panel made from pieces of broken glass on the ground outside a tent occupied by the ...

    An unidentified Gurkha, after being wounded in one of the attacks on the Sari Bair ridge on the ...

    Document


    Operational correspondence relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1917

    Notes relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, [date unknown]

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Timeline

Date of birth 20/03/1895
Other 20/11/1914 13th Battalion.
Date promoted 20/11/1914 Appointed Second Lieutenant.
Date of embarkation 22/12/1914
Date of enlistment 18/11/1914
Date promoted 20/07/1915 Appointed Temporary Captain.
Other 13/10/1915 Temporary Commanding Officer 13th Battalion.
Date promoted 25/03/1915 Appointed Lieutenant.
Other 04/06/1915 Acting Adjutant.
Date promoted 30/10/1916 Appointed Temporary Lieutenant Colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 19/09/1916
Other 1916-10-09 - 1916-10-20 Acting Commanding Officer 13th Battalion.
Date promoted 20/01/1916 Appointed Captain.
Date promoted 11/11/1916 Appointed Major.
Other 01/02/1916 Adjutant.
Date of honour or award 15/02/1917 Serbian Order of the White Eagle - 3rd Class.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/09/1917
Other 30/10/1917 Temporary Commanding Officer 4th Infantry Brigade.
Date promoted 05/12/1917 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Other 06/12/1917 Commanding Officer 13th Battalion.
Date of honour or award 01/01/1917 Military Cross.
Other 05/12/1917 Temporary Commanding Officer 13th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/03/1917
Date promoted 05/12/1917 Appointed Temporary Lieutenant Colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/05/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/03/1918
Other 02/10/1918 Commanding Officer 4th Infantry Brigade.
Date of honour or award 07/11/1918 Distinguished Service Order.
Date returned to Australia 20/02/1919
Date of death 25/01/1920 Drowned at Palm Beach, New South Wales.
Other 20/02/1920 AIF appointment terminated.

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