Colonel Douglas Clelland Pigdon

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

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Date of birth	06/12/1891
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1914	Served in WW1 as a lieutenent.
Date of embarkation	10/11/1915
Date of enlistment	05/11/1915
Date returned to Australia	10/09/1917
Date promoted	1920	Appointed major.
Date promoted	01/09/1941	Appointed colonel and commander of the 2/13th Australian General Hospital.
Date promoted	01/01/1941	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other	29/04/1941	Arrived Singapore.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	08/01/1941	Enlisted in the Second AIF.
Other	16/08/1942	Detached H Force.
Other	16/02/1942	Reported missing in action. It was later confirmed that Pigdon was a prisoner of war.
Date of death	06/07/1945