Brigadier General Lachlan Chisholm Wilson

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Photograph P01541.009
Service number 39
Ranks Held Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Private, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 11/07/1871
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Logan River
Death Date 07/04/1947
Death Place Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, New Farm
Final Rank Brigadier General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
  • 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade
  • 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • Light Horse
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

    Media


    Portrait of Major (Maj) Stephen Midgley (left), Commanding Officer of the 5th Light Horse ...

    Informal portrait of Major Herbert Hall Johnston (left) Lieutenant Colonel Lachlan Chisholm ...

    STUDIO PORTRAIT OF BRIGADIER GENERAL LACHLAN CHISHOLM WILSON, 3RD AUSTRALIAN LIGHT H0RSE BRIGADE. ...

    1903? STUDIO PORTRAIT OF LACHLAN CHISHOLM WILSON, LATER OF THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN LIGHT H0RSE ...

    Document


    AWM183 48 - Australian War Records Section biographical forms: Lt Col J Williams, Maj L L Williams, Maj M D Williams, Lt Col N R Williams, Lt Col A M ...

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Timeline

Date of birth 11/07/1871
Other 1895 Admitted to the bar in Queensland and practiced law in Townsville.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 1899 Volunteered for service in South Africa and served as a corporal in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry.
Date commissioned 1904 Commissioned as a lieutenant in the 15th Light Horse Regiment.
Date promoted 06/02/1911 Promoted to major.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 30/09/1914 Appointed to the AIF with the rank of major as second in command of the 5th Light Horse Regiment.
Date of embarkation 21/12/1914 Embarked for Egypt on HMAT Beltana, arriving in Alexandria on 1914-12-25.
Date of enlistment 30/09/1914
Date promoted 01/08/1915 Promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/11/1915
Other units 1915-08-01 - 1917-10-29 Commanding Officer of the 5th Light Horse Regiment.
Date of honour or award 06/06/1916 Mention in Despatches twice and made a Companion of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services in the Sinai Desert.
Date of recommendation honour or award 17/01/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/01/1916
Date of honour or award 1917 - 1918 Mention in Despatches three more times.
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/09/1917
Other units 30/10/1917 Tookover as Commander of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade with the rank of temporary brigadier general.
Other units 1917-05-28 - 1917-06-05 Acting Commander of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/09/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/03/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 14/06/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 23/12/1918
Other 24/12/1918 Made a brevet lieutenant colonel in the AMF.
Other 17/10/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of embarkation 10/07/1919 Arrived in Sydney on 17 August 1919.
Date returned to Australia 10/07/1919
Date of honour or award 1919 Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).
Date of honour or award 03/06/1919 Made a Companion of the Bath (CB).
Other 1923 - 1927 Aide de Camp to the Governor General.
Other units 1925 - 1929 Commanded the 11th Infantry Brigade.
Other units 1929 - 1931 Commanded the 1st Cavalry Brigade.
Other units 1941 - 1942 State Commandant of the Volunteer Defence Corps in Queensland.
Date of death 07/04/1947

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