Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Peter Imlay

Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date 1885-02-01
Birth Place Australia: Queensland
Death Date 1959-04-23
Death Place United Kingdom: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 16th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 47th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 48th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-17
Published in London Gazette in 1918-05-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-04
Published in London Gazette in 1918-04-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-05-02
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-10-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-09-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Collection items

    Media


    Portrait of Captain Alexander Peter Imlay, DSO and Bar, of Prospect, South Australia, wearing the ...

    Studio portrait of Lieutenant Alexander Peter Imlay, of Prospect, South Australia. He enlisted in ...

    Mounted photograph of the Australian transport T.S.S. Ceramic (A40), signed by members of the AIF ...

    Document


    Personal Files Book 10, 12 November - 18 November 1915

    Personal Files Book 11, 8 January - 31 January 1916

    Personal Files Book 18, 28 March - 20 April 1918

Rolls

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Second Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    48th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    48th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    47th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    28 May 1918 on page 6202 at position 35
    Commonwealth Gazette
    24 October 1918 on page 2056 at position 148

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    47th Bn (48th Bn)
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    04 June 1917 on page 5475 at position 26
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2626 at position 42

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    48th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    47th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    47th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13566 at position 31
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 843 at position 106

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    48th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    48th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    47th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    47th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    17 December 1917 on page 13179 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    02 May 1918 on page 1034 at position 201

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    47th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    47th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    48th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 256 at position 27
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1393 at position 89

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    16th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    48th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    01 June 1917 on page 5422 at position 111
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2624 at position 123

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    47th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

Timeline

Date of birth 01 February 1885
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 23 September 1914 Appointed second lieutenant in the 16th Battalion.
Date of enlistment 23 September 1914
Date of embarkation 22 December 1914
Date promoted 25 March 1915 Appointed lieutenant.
Date promoted 20 January 1916 Appointed captain.
Other units 1916-03-03 - 1917-03-01 48th Battalion.
Date promoted 12 March 1916 Appointed major.
Date of recommendation honour or award 10 October 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 20 January 1917
Other units 1917-03-01 - 1917-04-21 47th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 05 March 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 08 March 1917
Date promoted 21 April 1917 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other units 21 April 1917 Commanding Officer of 47th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 26 April 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 20 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 16 October 1917
Date returned to Australia 23 March 1919
Other 11 August 1919 AIF appointment terminated.
date of death 23 April 1959

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