Brigadier Arthur Leslie Varley

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Photograph 005515
Service number 3495, NX35005, N72830
Ranks Held BRIG, Brigadier, Captain, Lieutenant, Private, Temporary Brigadier, Temporary Brigadier [T/Brig]
Birth Date 13/10/1893
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Lidcombe
Death Date 13/09/1944
Death Place Pacific Ocean: South China Sea
Final Rank Brigadier
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 12th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 12th Inf Bde HQ
  • 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 45th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 45th Battalion Seconded 12th Brigade
Places
Event The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (NX35005) Brigadier Arthur Leslie Varley, 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade, Second World War, 1939-1945
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

    Media


    SYDNEY, NSW. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. L. VARLEY, OFFICER COMMANDING 2/18TH INFANTRY BATTALION, ...

    Document


    Diary of Arthur Leslie Varley, 2 September 1943 - 26 March 1944

    Diary of Arthur Leslie Varley, 2 September 1943 - 26 March 1944

    Transcript of the Diary of Arthur Leslie Varley, 1942-1944

    Transcript of the Diary of Arthur Leslie Varley, 1942-1944

    Museum Captions for the dispay of the collection of Arthur Leslie Varley

    Diary of Arthur Leslie Varley, 12 May 1942 - 18 June 1942

    Diary of Arthur Leslie Varley, 12 May 1942 - 18 June 1942

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Timeline

Date of birth 13/10/1893 Lidcombe, NSW.
Date of embarkation 13/10/1915
Date of enlistment 24/08/1915
Other 05/06/1916 Arrived France.
Date commissioned 12/03/1916
Other 02/09/1916 Adjutant.
Date promoted 18/08/1916 Lieutenant.
Other units 06/03/1916 45th Battalion.
Date of honour or award 14/07/1917 Military Cross.
Date of recommendation honour or award 14/06/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/07/1917
Date promoted 07/07/1917 Captain.
Date of honour or award 16/09/1918 Bar to Military Cross.
Other units 10/01/1918 Staff captain Headquarters 12th Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/08/1918
Other 04/10/1919 Demobilised.
Date returned to Australia 16/06/1919
Date promoted 28/02/1919 Brigade major.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/01/1919
Other 22/04/1919 Staff captain No 4 group AIF Depot United Kingdom.
Date of honour or award 16/03/1919 Mention in Despatches.
Other 01/01/1920 Captain, Reserve of Officers.
Other units 1939-09-13 - 1940-07-01 Major, commanding officer 35th Battalion.
Other units 04/09/1939 35th Battalion.
Date promoted 01/12/1939 Temporary lieutenant colonel.
Other 28/10/1939 Course - Sydney Command and Staff School Commanding Officers.
Other units 22/02/1939 33rd Battalion.
Other units 1940-07-01 - 1942-02-12 Seconded lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/18th Battalion.
Other 18/02/1941 Arrived Singapore.
Other 31/01/1942 Administering command 22nd Brigade.
Date captured 15/02/1942
Other 27/05/1942 Arrived Burma.
Other 18/05/1942 A Force (left Singapore).
Other units 12/02/1942 Temporary brigadier, commander 22nd Brigade.
Date of death 13/09/1944 Drowned when Rakuyo Maaru sunk by US submarine.

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