Lieutenant General Carl Herman Jess

Service number VP16098
Ranks Held Brigadier General, Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Major General, Temporary Brigadier General, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 16/02/1884
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Bendigo
Death Date 16/06/1948
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Final Rank Lieutenant General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 10th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 3rd Australian Division
  • 4th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • General List
  • New Zealand and Australian Division Brigade Headquarters
  • Staff
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

    Media


    Informal portrait of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Clarence Wells Didier Daly, 6th Battalion (left) ...

    Josiah Barnes collection of First World War negatives and prints

    Document


    Letters from Frank Reinhardt Fischer to his family, 1917

    AWM315 895/003/009 03 - [Australian War Memorial registry files - Second series:] Jess Collection - Uniforms of the Australian Army - Collection of wa...

    Miscellaneous papers on ANZAC and the war, 1915-1920

    Diary for Frederick Harold Tubb, 1917

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 16/02/1884 Bendigo, Victoria
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 1899 Joined the First Victorian Volunteer Cadets, rising to the rank of Sergeant.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 02/1902 Enlisted in the 5th Battalion of the Victorian Infantry, rose to the rank of Lance Corporal.
Date promoted 1903 Appointed Lance Sergeant.
Date promoted 1904 Appointed Sergeant.
Other 07/06/1906 Resigned from the Militia.
Other 08/06/1906 Joined the Administrate and Instructional Staff as a Staff Sergeant.
Date promoted 01/01/1907 Promoted to Sergeant Major.
Date commissioned 01/07/1909 Commissioned as a Lieutenant.
Other 01/01/1911 Sent to New South Wales as brigade major of 5 Battalion with the rank of temporary Captain.
Date promoted 01/07/1912 Appointed Captain.
Date of embarkation 22/12/1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 23/09/1914 Joined to AIF, selected for the post of staff captain with the 4th Infantry Brigade.
Date of enlistment 23/09/1914
Date promoted 23/05/1915 Became brigade major of 2 brigade with the rank of Major.
Date of recommendation honour or award 14/05/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 1915
Date of honour or award 25/04/1915 Landed at Anzac and served throughout the campaign, he was mentioned in despatches for his services at Gallipoli.
Other units 28/02/1916 Appointed to command the 7th Battalion.
Other 19/11/1916 Appointed first commandant of the 1 Anzac Corps Schools.
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/10/1916
Date promoted 12/03/1916 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Date of honour or award 01/01/1917 Twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his participation at Pozieres.
Date promoted 04/10/1918 Appointed Colonel and temporary Brigadier General, taking over the 10th Infantry Brigade.
Date promoted 03/06/1918 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the AMF.
Date promoted 01/01/1918 Appointed Major in theAMF.
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/01/1919
Date of honour or award 1919 Mention in Despatches and appointed the Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services on the Western Front.
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/03/1919
Date of discharge 29/01/1920
Other 21/01/1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of honour or award 1920 Appointed the Companion of the British Empire (CBE).
Date returned to Australia 02/1921
Date promoted 1926 Promoted to Colonel.
Other units 08/1927 Commandant of the 5th Military District (Western Australia).
Date promoted 01/1929 Promoted to Brigadier.
Date of honour or award 1935 Created a Knight Bachelor.
Date promoted 07/1935 Promoted to Major General.
Date of honour or award 08/06/1939 Appointed a Companion of the Bath (CB).
Date promoted 12/12/1939 Promoted to Lieutenant General.
Other 1943 Became Director of Women's National Services and organised the Australian Women's Land Army.
Other 01/04/1946 Placed on the retired list due to invalidity.
Date of death 16/06/1948 Melbourne, Victoria

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