Major John Alfred Wilmoth

Service number VX11
Birth Date 20/01/1909
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Oakleigh
Death Date 24/03/2004
Final Rank Major
Service Australian Army
Unit 1 Corps
Place Oakleigh
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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Timeline

Interwar Service 5 officer commanding Horse Tpt
Career summary 1 seconded lieutenant
WW2 Service 2 Bardia-Benghazi
Career summary 13 attached Headquarters 6thDivision10 Oct
Career summary 24
Date of birth 20/01/1909 Oakleigh VIC
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 01/07/1927
Interwar Service 1 01/11/1929 CMT (battalion unk?) 1 Jul 27-3
Interwar Service 2 30/04/1930 MUR
Date commissioned 10/10/1934
Interwar Service 3 10/10/1934 lieutenant
Career summary 2 13/11/1939 aide de camp to general officer commanding (Blamey?)
Career summary 5 06/04/1940 TFD Headquarters 2 AIF
Career summary 7 12/09/1940 Headquarters 1st Australian Corps Guard battalion
Career summary 3 29/02/1940 TFD 2/5th battalion but remains seconded for staff duties (bd 13 Oct 39)
Career summary 6 20/06/1940 arrived Middle East
Career summary 4 04/04/1940 captain
Career summary 12 1941-08-20 - 1941-10-10 attached Headquarters Base Ord D
Career summary 14 13/10/1941 major
Career summary 9 20/03/1941 temporary major
Career summary 8 17/05/1941 attached Headquarters 6thDivision2 Feb
Career summary 10 c 1941-04-02 arrived Greece
Career summary 11 05/1941 arrived Middle East ex Greece
Appointment 1942-04-14 - 1943-11-01 Battalion: 7th; Rank on appointment: major, temporary lieutenant colonel ; Appointed from: Headquarters 1 Australian Corps Guard battalion (attd Headquarters 6th Div); Reason for end of appointment: new command -training unit: commandant OCtraining unit
Career summary 18 1942-12-05 - 1943-01-12 course senior officers anti tank
Career summary 15 16/03/1942 Returned to Australia (4MD)
Career summary 17 14/10/1942 Mention in Despatches (Middle East Jul-Oct 41)
Career summary 16 14/04/1942 temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 7th battalion
Career summary 19 01/11/1943 commandant Officer Cadet Training Unit (Woodside)
Career summary 20 13/03/1944 lieutenant colonel (bd 1 Sep 42)
Career summary 22 20/02/1946 Reserve of Officers
Career summary 21 14/01/1946 relinquished command Officer Cadet Training Unit
Career summary 23 16/10/1947 ED
Date of death 24/03/2004