Lieutenant Colonel John Wesley Mitchell

Service number VX40
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date 16/03/1891
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Warracknabeal
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 8th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Warracknabeal
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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    Informal portrait of VX40 Lieutenant Colonel (L/Col) John Wesley Mitchell DSO and Bar, French ...

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Date of birth 16/03/1891
Date of birth 16/03/1891 Warracknabeal, VIC.
Date of embarkation 19/10/1914
Date of enlistment 18/08/1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 24/08/1914 Appointed 2nd lieutenant for 8th Battalion.
Date promoted 01/02/1915 Appointed lieutenant.
Other 1915-05-27 - 1916-02-20 Adjutant 8 Battalion.
Date promoted 22/10/1915 Appointed temporary captain.
Date promoted 03/06/1916 Appointed major.
Date promoted 20/02/1916 Appointed captain.
Date of recommendation honour or award 07/03/1917
Other 14/04/1917 Commanding Officer 8th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/09/1917
Date promoted 14/04/1917 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 17/08/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/03/1918
Other units 1918-10-07 - 1918-10-13 Commaded 2nd Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 08/03/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 17/01/1919
Date returned to Australia 13/07/1919
Date of recommendation honour or award 18/01/1919
Other 05/04/1920 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 29/09/1969
date of death

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