Lieutenant General Rudolph Bierwirth

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Service number VX289, 314
Ranks Held Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Brigadier
Birth Date 30/01/1899
Birth Place Australia: South Australia, Adelaide, Kent Town
Death Date 27/11/1993
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Malvern
Final Rank Lieutenant General
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 1 Army HQ
  • 1 Corps HQ
  • 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Period 1945-1959
  • Period 1945-1959
  • Korea, 1953-1957 (Post-Armistice service - ceasefire monitoring)

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    Portrait of Major R Bierwirth engaged in administrative duties on board the troopship after ...

    Portrait of Major R Bierwirth on board the troopship after leaving Fremantle, WA.

    HAIFA. OFFICERS AT A LECTURE AT THE MIDDLE EAST STAFF COLLEGE - CAPT. W. HISCOCK: CAPT. D. ...

    BAALBEK, SYRIA. MAJOR-GENERAL K.F. HERRING, GENERAL-OFFICER- COMMANDING 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION ...

    BAALBEK, SYRIA. 1941-12. COLONEL R. BIERWIRTH OBE, ASSISTANT- ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, ...

    BAALBEK, SYRIA. 1941-12. COLONEL R. BIERWIRTH OBE, ASSISTANT- ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, ...

    SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-29. AUSTRALIAN AND UNITED STATES OFFICERS AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE ...

    Soputa, New Guinea. 29 September 1943. High ranking officers salute as the funeral party moves ...

    SOPUTA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-29. THE FIRING PARTY SALUTES AS THE COFFIN AND PALL BEARERS PASS ...

    Soputa, New Guinea. 29 September 1943. Funeral procession of Brigadier (Brig) R. B. Sutherland ...

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Timeline

Date of birth 30/01/1899
Date of death 27/11/1993
Date of birth 30/01/1899 Adelaide, SA.
Other units 1915-02-18 - 1918-12-11 Royal Military College.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 18/02/1915
Date of enlistment 12/12/1918
Date commissioned 12/12/1918 Lieutenant.
Date of discharge 20/06/1919
Other units 1920-06-01 - 1921-03-21 Area officers 43A.
Other units 01/10/1920 Lieutenant, Staff Corps.
Other units 1921-01-24 - 1921-03-29 Adjutant and Quartermaster 18th Light Horse Regiment.
Other units 01/05/1921 Adjutant and Quartermaster 50th Battalion.
Other units 01/08/1922 Area officers 50B.
Other units 1924-11-27 - 1925-10-30 Brigade major 6th Brigade.
Other units 01/01/1926 Adjutant and Quartermaster 6th Battalion.
Date promoted 12/12/1926 Appointed captain.
Other units 01/07/1933 Adjutant and Quartermaster 29/22nd Battalion.
Other units 01/02/1935 Company commander & instructor Royal Military College.
Other units 1936-01-15 - 1936-04-25 Brigade major 8th Brigade.
Other units 15/01/1936 Adjutant and Quartermaster 30th Battalion.
Other units 28/09/1936 General service officer Headquarters 3rd District Base.
Date promoted 01/01/1937 Appointed major.
Other units 13/10/1939 Seconded major 2/6th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 06/12/1939 Enlisted in the 2nd AIF.
Other units 1939-10-13 - 1940-05-26 Seconded deputy assistant adjutant and quartermaster general Headquarters Australian OS Base.
Other units 13/11/1939 General service officer grade 2 Headquarters S Command.
Other 14/02/1940 Arrived Middle East.
Other units 1940-03-15 - 1940-05-26 Course Middle East Staff School (#1 Junior War Staff).
Other units 20/06/1940 Deputy adjutant and quartermaster general Headquarters AIF United Kingdom.
Other units 1940-06-26 - 1941-06-03 Lieutenant colonel and commanding officer 72nd (2/33rd) Battalion.
Other 04/06/1940 Arrived United Kingdom.
Other units 1940-11-30 - 1941-03-10 Acting colonel command 25th Brigade.
Other 1941-08-23 - 1941-09-07 Course Middle East Staff School.
Other units 03/06/1941 Colonel and assistant adjutant and quarter master general 6th Division.
Date returned to Australia 16/03/1942
Date of honour or award 01/01/1942 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Other units 22/04/1942 Temporary brigadier in charge - Administration Northern Territory Force/Headquarters 12th Division.
Date promoted 15/05/1943 Lieutenant colonel (Australian Staff Corps).
Other units 06/04/1943 Deputy adjutant quartermaster general Headquarters 3 Australian Corps.
Other 14/06/1943 Arrived New Guinea.
Other units 20/06/1943 Deputy adjutant quartermaster general Headquarters 1 Australian Corps & New Guinea Force.
Date returned to Australia 14/10/1943 Returned to Townsville.
Other units 27/08/1943 Deputy adjutant quartermaster general Headquarters 1 Australian Corps.
Other units 21/02/1943 Attached Land Headquarters 3.
Other units 18/08/1944 Attached Advanced Land Headquarters 12.
Other units 24/01/1944 Attached Land Headquarters 15.
Date of honour or award 31/05/1944 Mention in Despatches.
Other units 30/03/1944 Deputy adjutant quartermaster general Headquarters FAA.
Other 28/09/1944 Arrived Lae.
Other 13/01/1945 Arrived Madang.
Other units 1945-05-17 - 1946-01-14 Deputy quartermaster general II, Movement and Transport, Headquarters AMF.
Other 04/04/1945 Arrived Lae.
Other units 17/04/1945 Brigadier in charge Administering Headquarters Queensland Lines of Communication Area.
Date returned to Australia 20/05/1945 Returned to Cairns.
Other 02/04/1945 Arrived Bougainville.
Date returned to Australia 03/01/1945 Returned to Townsville.
Other 26/02/1947 Special Duty in Europe 15.
Other units 17/06/1947 Deputy quarter master general , Office of quarter master general , Headquarters.
Date promoted 01/01/1949 Brigadier (Australian Staff Corps).
Other 11/01/1949 Honourary aide de camp to the Governor General.
Other 1950-07-19 - 1950-08-16 Quarter master general.
Other units 27/11/1950 Seconded department of Defence as Def Rep United Kingdom.
Date promoted 28/11/1950 Temporary major general.
Date promoted 17/03/1952 Major general.
Other units 07/02/1953 General officer commanding W Command and general officer commanding 5 Military District.
Date promoted 13/10/1954 Temporary lieutenant general.
Other units 1954-10-26 - 1956-06-30 Commander in Charge BCFK.
Other 02/08/1956 Retired List.
Date of death 27/11/1993

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