Colonel Douglas Clelland Pigdon

Service number	VX39275
Ranks Held	Captain, Major, Colonel
Birth Date	1891-12-06
Birth Place	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Death Date	1945-07-06
Death Place	China: Manchuria
Final Rank	Colonel
Service	Australian Army
Units	2 Convalescent Depot 13th Australian General Hospital Australian Army Medical Corps
Places	Melbourne Manchuria
Conflicts/Operations	First World War, 1914-1918 Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth	06 December 1891
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1914	Served in WW1 as a lieutenent.
Date of enlistment	05 November 1915
Date of embarkation	10 November 1915
Date returned to Australia	10 September 1917
Date promoted	1920	Appointed major.
Date promoted	01 January 1941	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	08 January 1941	Enlisted in the Second AIF.
Other	29 April 1941	Arrived Singapore.
Date promoted	01 September 1941	Appointed colonel and commander of the 2/13th Australian General Hospital.
Other	16 February 1942	Reported missing in action. It was later confirmed that Pigdon was a prisoner of war.
Other	16 August 1942	Detached H Force.
Date of death	06 July 1945