Service number | VX14840 |
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Ranks Held | Second Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel |
Birth Date | 1892-07-09 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Death Date | 1968-05-04 |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | British Army |
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Published in London Gazette in 1945-11-15 Published in London Gazette in 1916-12-22 Published in London Gazette in 1941-12-30 Published in London Gazette in 1942-12-15 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-12-20 |
Lieutenant Colonel Allan 'Jiggy' Spowers
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 15 December 1942 on page 5446 at position 8
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 15 November 1945 on page 5576 at position 1
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 20 December 1945 on page 2715 at position 1
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 30 December 1941 on page 7357 at position 53
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 6th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- London Gazette
- 22 December 1916 on page 12555 at position 1
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Middle East - Recovered Prisoners of War Rolls, 1939-45 War:
- Unit
- 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
Date of birth | 09 July 1892 | Melbourne, VIC. |
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Date of birth | 09 July 1892 | |
Date of birth | 09 July 1892 | |
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) | 1912 | |
Other units | 1915-04 | 3rd Battalion, East Lancs Regiment. |
Other | 1915-11 | Evacuated to Malta |
Date promoted | 1917 | Lieutenant. |
Other units | 03 October 1928 | Captain 52nd Battalion. |
Other units | 1928-10-03 - 1933-10-02 | Staff captain 15th Brigade. |
Other units | 01 July 1930 | 37/52nd Battalion. |
Other | 03 October 1933 | Reserve of Officers. |
Other units | 29 September 1939 | 46th Battalion. |
Other units | 1939-09-29 - 1940-01-04 | Staff captain Headquarters 3rd Division. |
Other units | 1940-01-05 - 1940-05-05 | Commanding officer 24/39th Battalion. |
Date promoted | 06 May 1940 | Major. |
Other units | 1940-05-06 - 1940-06-30 | Assistant director of Lab Headquarters 1 Australian Corps. |
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) | 11 May 1940 | Enlisted 2nd AIF. |
Other units | 1940-07-01 - 1942-07-12 | Lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/24th Battalion. |
Other | 17 December 1940 | Arrived Middle East. |
Other | 1941-03-09 - 1941-04-21 | Middle East Tactical School. |
Date of honour or award | 02 May 1942 | Mention in Despatches. |
Date of capture | 12 July 1942 | |
Other | 12 July 1942 | Missing in action. |
Other | 06 August 1942 | Confirmed prisoner of war. |
Date of honour or award | 15 December 1942 | Mention in Despatches. |
Date released | 05 April 1945 | Arrived United Kingdom. |
Date returned to Australia | 08 August 1945 | Returned to Melbourne. |
Other units | 18 September 1945 | Assistant director Ammenities, Headquarters AMF. |
Other units | 06 November 1945 | Temporary colonel Director of Ammenities, Headquarters AMF. |
Other | 22 August 1946 | Reserve of Officers. |
Date of honour or award | 02 October 1946 | Bar to Distinguished Service Order (for services in Tobruk and the campaigns in Greece and Crete). |
Date of death | 04 May 1968 | |
Date of birth | 9/7/1892 |
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- PALESTINE. 1942-01-12. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND PARTY INSPECTING MEN OF THE 2/24TH INFANTRY ...
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- MELBOURNE, VIC. 1946-03-13. COLONEL A. SPOWERS DSO MC, AT HIS DESK AT VICTORIA BARRACKS.