Lieutenant Colonel John Wesley Mitchell

Service number VX40
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date 1891-03-16
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Warracknabeal
Death Date 1969-09-29
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 8th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Warracknabeal
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1919-02-01
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1918-05-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1941-07-08
Published in London Gazette in 1919-04-05
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-07-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-10-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

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Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    01 June 1917 on page 5421 at position 65
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2623 at position 119

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    01 February 1919 on page 1605 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    03 June 1919 on page 942 at position 52

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 255 at position 2
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1392 at position 77

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    28 May 1918 on page 6202 at position 62
    Commonwealth Gazette
    24 October 1918 on page 2056 at position 175

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Second Lieutenant

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    01 January 1918 on page 28 at position 41
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 846 at position 78

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    08 July 1941 on page 3890 at position 51

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    05 April 1919 on page 4525 at position 30
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 July 1919 on page 1170 at position 60

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8830 at position 21
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1658 at position 51

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    8th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13566 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 843 at position 153

Timeline

Date of birth 16 March 1891 Warracknabeal, VIC.
Date of birth 16 March 1891
Date of enlistment 18 August 1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 24 August 1914 Appointed 2nd lieutenant for 8th Battalion.
Date of embarkation 19 October 1914
Date promoted 01 February 1915 Appointed lieutenant.
Other 1915-05-27 - 1916-02-20 Adjutant 8 Battalion.
Date promoted 22 October 1915 Appointed temporary captain.
Date promoted 20 February 1916 Appointed captain.
Date promoted 03 June 1916 Appointed major.
Date of recommendation honour or award 07 March 1917
Date promoted 14 April 1917 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other 14 April 1917 Commanding Officer 8th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 04 March 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 08 March 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 17 August 1918
Other units 1918-10-07 - 1918-10-13 Commaded 2nd Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 17 January 1919
Date of recommendation honour or award 18 January 1919
Date returned to Australia 13 July 1919
Other 05 April 1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 1939-10-13 - 1941-06-16 Commanding officer of 2/8 Battalion, 6th Division, AIF.
Date of death 29 September 1969
date of death 29 September 1969

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