Service number | NX3797, NX379 |
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Birth Date | 1901-09-21 |
Birth Place | Australia: Western Australia, Kalgoorlie |
Death Date | 1942-02-09 |
Death Place | Malaya |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Army |
Unit | 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion |
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Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1946-08-01 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-09-12 |
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Frederick Assheton
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 01 August 1946 on page 3922 at position 6
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 12 September 1946 on page 2475 at position 71
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
Timeline
Date of birth | 21 September 1901 | Kalgoorlie, WA. |
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Date commissioned | 03 December 1927 | |
Other units | 03 December 1927 | Lieutenant, 9th Field Company Royal Australian Engineers. |
Other units | 16 November 1928 | 6th Light Horse Regiment. |
Other units | 27 September 1932 | 7th Light Horse Regiment. |
Other units | 02 January 1934 | 33/41th Battalion. |
Date promoted | 12 March 1935 | Appointed captain. |
Date promoted | 06 April 1939 | Appointed major. |
Other | 28 October 1939 | Course No 12 Commanding Officers (Sydney). |
Other units | 1939-12-16 - 1940-05-01 | Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 33rd Battalion. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 18 March 1940 | Enlisted 2nd AIF. |
Other units | 01 May 1940 | Seconded as a major 2/13th Battalion. |
Other units | 15 July 1940 | 2nd in Command 2/18th Battalion. |
Other | 18 February 1941 | Arrived Sinapore. |
Other units | 1941-08-04 - 1942-02-09 | Acting lieutenant colonel and commanding officer 2/20th Battalion. |
Date promoted | 14 November 1941 | Appointed lieutenant colonel. |
Date of death | 09 February 1942 | Died of wounds in Malaya. |