Brigadier Raymond James Barham

Service number NP10236, WX1560
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 18/01/1908
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Berry
Death Date 1998
Final Rank Brigadier
Service Australian Army
Unit 9 Australian Division
Place Berry
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 18/01/1908
Date of birth 18/01/1908 Berry, NSW.
Other units 1924-03-19 - 1927-12-13 Royal Military College.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 19/03/1924
Date commissioned 14/12/1927
Other units 01/02/1928 Headquarters 10th Brigade.
Other 1928-09-29 - 1929-11-24 Training in India.
Other units 1929-11-25 - 1930-01-12 Temporary Duty Area 20A.
Other units 25/11/1929 Headquarters 2 Division.
Other units 01/07/1930 Adjutant and quarter master 53rd Battalion.
Other units 04/02/1930 Headquarters 5th Brigade.
Other units 01/07/1932 Adjutant and quarter master 56th Battalion.
Other units 03/09/1935 Adjutant and quarter master 12th Battalion.
Date promoted 14/12/1935 Appointed captain.
Other units 11/10/1939 Brigade major 13th Mixed Brigade.
Other 19/06/1940 Arrived Scotland.
Other 12/09/1940 Course - Junior Staff Course - Camberly.
Other units 11/03/1940 Seconded staff captain Headquarters 6th Division.
Other units 20/06/1940 Major, general service officer grade 2.
Other units 20/06/1940 Headquarters AIF United Kingdom.
Other units 07/03/1941 Deputy assistant adjutant general Headquarters 9th Division.
Other units 07/03/1941 Transferred to 2/28th Battalion.
Other 25/03/1941 Arrived Middle East.
Other units 28/12/1941 Seconded brigade major 20th Brigade.
Other units 1942-11-07 - 1943-03-11 Lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/15th Battalion.
Other units 09/06/1942 General service officer grade 2 Headquarters 9th Division.
Date of honour or award 31/03/1942 Mention in Despatches.
Other 31/12/1942 Course - Combined Operations School 26.
Date of honour or award 20/03/1943 Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Other 03/05/1943 Arrived Moresby.
Date returned to Australia 23/05/1943 Returned Townsville.
Other 21/07/1943 Arrived Milne Bay.
Date returned to Australia 27/02/1943 Returned to Fremantle.
Other units 25/06/1943 Attached Headquarters New Guinea Force.
Other units 11/03/1943 General service officer grade 1 9th Division.
Date promoted 17/08/1944 Appointed major.
Date of honour or award 02/05/1944 Mention in Despatches.
Other units 15/11/1944 Temporary colonel colonel General Staff Operations ADV Land Headquarters.
Other units 1944-09-22 - 1944-11-15 Attached general service officer grade 1, 8th US.
Other units 1944-11-29 - 1944-12-12 Attached Fwd Ech Headquarters.
Date returned to Australia 25/02/1944 Returned to Townsville.
Date returned to Australia 28/03/1945 Returned to Brisbane.
Other 10/02/1945 Arrived Leyte ex Hollandia.
Other units 09/04/1945 Chief instructor Grade I Wing Staff School (later Australian Staff College).
Date of honour or award 14/03/1945 Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Other units 1945-02-10 - 1945-03-27 Attached Fwd Ech Land Headquarters.
Other units 05/07/1946 DDMT, G Branch director of Military Training.
Other units 1946-04-18 - 1946-06-09 Administering command Australian Staff College.
Other 01/07/1947 Seconded Interim Army.
Other 1947-01-08 - 1948-01-01 Course - No 1 Joint Services Staff College (UK).
Other units 01/01/1948 General service officer, Headquarters 3 Division.
Date promoted 07/08/1948 Temporary colonel.
Other units 07/08/1948 Seconded department Defence as Asst Def Rep London.
Date promoted 01/01/1948 Honourary colonel.
Other units 18/06/1951 Colonel General Staff Headquarters Southern Command.
Date promoted 04/04/1954 Appointed brigadier.
Other units 28/03/1954 Temporary brigadier, commander Administering Headquarters Southern Command.
Other units 25/09/1954 Quartermaster general, Army Headquarters.
Other units 29/10/1955 Command 11th Brigade.
Other units 26/06/1957 Area command Liverpool.
Other 01/09/1960 Retired List.
Date of death 1998