Service number | QX6229, 1/8, 18 |
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Ranks Held | General, Lieutenant Colonel, Major General |
Birth Date | 30/01/1919 |
Birth Place | Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Rockhampton |
Death Date | 20/01/1995 |
Final Rank | General |
Service | Australian Army |
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General Arthur Leslie MacDonald
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
- Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Australian Force Vietnam
- Conflict
- Vietnam War, 1962-1975
- Rank
- Major General
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Honours and Awards:
- Conflict
- Period 1945-1959
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- CDFS
- Conflict
- Period 1960-1979
- Rank
- General
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
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Malayan Emergency Rolls and Awards Registers:
- Conflict
- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
- Rank
- Colonel
Timeline
Date of birth | 30/01/1919 | Rockhampton, QLD. |
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Other | 1939 | Graduated from the Royal Military College. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 24/05/1940 | 2/15th Battalion. |
Other units | 1953 - 1954 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, Korea. |
Other | 1955 - 1956 | Director of Military Operations. |
Other | 1957 - 1959 | SEATO Planning Officer, Bangkok. |
Date of departure | 09/02/1957 | |
Date of return | 08/03/1959 | |
Other | 1965 - 1966 | Commander Papua New Guinea Command. |
Other | 1966 - 1967 | Deputy Chief of General Staff. |
Other | 1967 - 1968 | Adjutant General. |
Other | 1968 - 1969 | Commander Australian Forces Vietnam. |
Other | 1969 - 1970 | Adjutant General. |
Other | 1975 - 1977 | Chief of the General Staff. |
Other | 1977 - 1979 | Chief of Defence Force Staff. |
Other | 1979 | Retired. |
Date of death | 20/01/1995 |
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- [Christmas messages 1968] Victorian version DPR/TV/? (Soldiers greetings from Vietnam)
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