Brigadier Austin Claude Selwyn Holland

Ranks Held Brigadier, Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 20/09/1889
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Death Date 03/12/1965
Final Rank Brigadier
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 55th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 56th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Sydney
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth 20/09/1889
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 10/05/1915 Appointed captain in the 3rd Battalion.
Date of embarkation 16/06/1915
Date of enlistment 10/06/1915
Date promoted 09/05/1916 Appointed major.
Other units 12/03/1916 55th Battalion.
Other units 02/12/1917 55th Battalion.
Other units 16/03/1917 Seconded for duty with 14th Training Battalion.
Other 22/02/1917 Temporary command of 55th Battalion.
Other units 01/05/1918 Temporary command of 53rd Battalion.
Date promoted 21/10/1918 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other units 17/04/1918 Temporary command of 54th Battalion.
Date promoted 01/05/1918 Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/11/1918
Other units 04/08/1918 Commanding Officer 56th Battalion.
Other units 11/10/1918 Commanding Officer 55th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/09/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/08/1918
Other 11/10/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date returned to Australia 23/06/1919
Date of recommendation honour or award 16/01/1919
Date of death 03/12/1965

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