Lieutenant Colonel Allan 'Jiggy' Spowers

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Photograph 021014
Service number VX14840
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Second Lieutenant
Birth Date 09/07/1892
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Death Date 04/05/1968
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Units
  • 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 6th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

    Media


    Officers of the 2/24thAustralian Infantry Battalion outside a section of the Battalion ...

    Headquarters Group of the 26th Infantry Brigade, Tobruk. Left to right: Back row: Lieutenant ...

    A group of officers from the 26th Infantry Brigade discussing a plan. From the left: VX43892 ...

    Group portrait of officers of the 2/24th Infantry Battalion, 9th division. Identified from the ...

    Informal group portrait of VX14840 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Allan Spowers, DSO, Commanding ...

    Informal portrait of VX46983 Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell, DSO (later awarded CBE and Bar to ...

    Portrait of VX14840 Lieutenant Colonel Allan Spowers, Commanding Officer of the 24th Infantry ...

    PALESTINE. 1942-01-12. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND PARTY INSPECTING MEN OF THE 2/24TH INFANTRY ...

    TRIPOLI, SYRIA. 1942-05-01. OPERATIONS GROUP OF THE 2/24TH INFANTRY BATTALION HAVING A CONFERENCE ...

    MELBOURNE, VIC. 1946-03-13. COLONEL A. SPOWERS DSO MC, AT HIS DESK AT VICTORIA BARRACKS.

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Date of birth 09/07/1892
Date of birth 9/7/1892
Date of birth 09/07/1892 Melbourne, VIC.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 1912
Other 11/1915 Evacuated to Malta
Other units 04/1915 3rd Battalion, East Lancs Regiment.
Date promoted 1917 Lieutenant.
Other units 03/10/1928 Captain 52nd Battalion.
Other units 1928-10-03 - 1933-10-02 Staff captain 15th Brigade.
Other units 01/07/1930 37/52nd Battalion.
Other 03/10/1933 Reserve of Officers.
Other units 29/09/1939 46th Battalion.
Other units 1939-09-29 - 1940-01-04 Staff captain Headquarters 3rd Division.
Other units 1940-05-06 - 1940-06-30 Assistant director of Lab Headquarters 1 Australian Corps.
Other units 1940-01-05 - 1940-05-05 Commanding officer 24/39th Battalion.
Date promoted 06/05/1940 Major.
Other 17/12/1940 Arrived Middle East.
Other units 1940-07-01 - 1942-07-12 Lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/24th Battalion.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 11/05/1940 Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other 1941-03-09 - 1941-04-21 Middle East Tactical School.
Date of capture 12/07/1942
Other 06/08/1942 Confirmed prisoner of war.
Other 12/07/1942 Missing in action.
Date of honour or award 15/12/1942 Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award 02/05/1942 Mention in Despatches.
Other units 06/11/1945 Temporary colonel Director of Ammenities, Headquarters AMF.
Date returned to Australia 08/08/1945 Returned to Melbourne.
Other units 18/09/1945 Assistant director Ammenities, Headquarters AMF.
Date released 05/04/1945 Arrived United Kingdom.
Other 22/08/1946 Reserve of Officers.
Date of honour or award 02/10/1946 Bar to Distinguished Service Order (for services in Tobruk and the campaigns in Greece and Crete).
Date of death 04/05/1968

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