Colonel Albert Thomas Paul

Service number 7910, NX129432 (N42891)
Ranks Held Corporal, Lieutenant, Provisional Bombardier
Birth Date 04/11/1889
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Death Date 28/07/1961
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
  • 6th Field Artillery Brigade Attached Signal Sub Section
  • Signal Sub Section Attached 6th Field Artillery Brigade
  • Signal Sub Section Attached 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Place Melbourne
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth 04/11/1889 Melbourne, Victoria
Date of embarkation 22/11/1915
Date of enlistment 24/07/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 02/10/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 1916
WW1 Service 2 10/04/1917 2nd Lieutenant
Date commissioned 10/04/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 23/09/1917
WW1 Service 3 11/07/1917 Lieutenant
Interwar Service 1 11/07/1917 H/lieutenant Reserve of Officers
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/08/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/10/1918
WW1 Service 4 04/08/1919 demobilised
Date returned to Australia 30/04/1919
Interwar Service 2 01/10/1920 Lieutenant Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 3 31/03/1921 Aust Eng & Sigs Service
Interwar Service 4 16/05/1922 Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 5 19/11/1923 Sigs Service Aust Engr
Interwar Service 6 01/09/1924 Captain
Interwar Service 7 03/05/1927 Major
Interwar Service 8 19/05/1931 Sigs 5MD
Interwar Service 9 31/08/1932 Sigs 3MD
Interwar Service 10 30/04/1934 Unattached List
Interwar Service 11 30/04/1935 Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 12 01/08/1935 Unattached List
Interwar Service 14 01/08/1937 3rd Battalion
Interwar Service 13 22/01/1937 53/3rd Battalion
Interwar Service 15 01/08/1938 Lieutenant Colonel commanding officer 3rd Battalion
Appointment 1938-08-01 - 1942-10-17 Battalion: 3rd; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: major 3rd battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: age training appointment
Career summary 8 17/10/1942 relinquished command 3rd battalion
Career summary 4 14/07/1942 enlisted 2AIF
Career summary 10 19/12/1942 seconded chief instructor 1st Aust Sig Training battalion
Career summary 5 15/10/1942 ED
Career summary 6 05/09/1942 attached Maroubra Force
Career summary 9 19/12/1942 TFD Aust Corps of Sigs NSW Lines of Communication
Career summary 3 27/05/1942 arrived Moresby
Career summary 7 12/09/1942 attached commanding officer 53rd battalion
Career summary 2 1942-01-06 - 1942-02-08 course ECTS senior officers (Rosebury
Career summary 11 01/05/1943 commanding officer 2nd Army Sigs
Career summary 12 15/01/1944 relinquished command 2nd Army Sigs
Career summary 13 08/02/1944 Reserve of Officers
Date of death 28/07/1961

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