Colonel Walter Dollman

Ranks Held Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 20/02/1873
Birth Place Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Death Date 23/08/1945
Final Rank Colonel
Unit 27th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Adelaide
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 20/02/1873
Date commissioned 25/04/1900 Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Adelaide Rifles.
Other units 01/07/1903 Transferred to 10th Australian Infantry Regiment.
Other 1903-11-07 - 1904-03-05 Transferred to unattached list.
Other 1904 - 1907 Councillor of Parkside Ward, Town of Unley.
Date promoted 29/03/1905 Promoted to captain in 10th Australian Infantry Regiment.
Other 1908 - 1909 Alderman, City of Unley.
Other 30/05/1908 Appointed to deputy adjutant quartermaster general 4th Military District as major.
Other 1911 - 1912 Alderman, City of Unley.
Date promoted 27/12/1912 Promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed to command 74th Infantry Regiment.
Other units 01/07/1912 Transferred to 74th Infantry Regiment.
Other 1913 - 1914 Mayor, Unley, SA.
Other units 1914-10-01 - 1915-01-01 Commanded Port Adelaide defences.
Date of embarkation 31/05/1915
Date of enlistment 16/03/1915
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 16/03/1915 Appointed to command the 27th Battalion with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Other 1916-12-01 - 1919-01-28 Commandant Mitcham Camp.
Date returned to Australia 26/09/1916
Other 30/11/1916 AIF appointment terminated.
Date returned to Australia 26/09/1916
Other units 01/10/1918 Appointed to command 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment.
Date of discharge 06/03/1921 Transferred to retired list with rank of colonel.
Other 06/03/1921 President of the South Australian branch of The Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League of Australia after holding the position of President of Renmark and Unley RSL sub-branches.
Date of death 23/08/1945