Service number | 16712, VX13432; Lieutenant Colonel |
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Birth Date | 1896-05-07 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Bairnsdale |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Place | Bairnsdale |
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Lieutenant Colonel William George Cannon
Rolls
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Sapper
Timeline
Date of birth | 07 May 1896 | |
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Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 02 October 1916 | |
Date of embarkation | 23 December 1916 | |
Date returned to Australia | 05 April 1918 | |
Date commissioned | 01 February 1919 | |
Other units | 01 February 1919 | 2/29th Battalion. |
Other units | 31 March 1921 | 29th Battalion. |
Date promoted | 10 February 1926 | Captain. |
Other units | 01 May 1928 | Commanding officer 59th Battalion. |
Date promoted | 23 November 1928 | Major. |
Other units | 01 October 1938 | Commanding officer 58th Battalion. |
Other units | 1938-10-01 - 1940-05-01 | 58th Battalion. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 27 April 1940 | Enlisted 2nd AIF. |
Other units | 01 May 1940 | Commanding officer 2/14th Battalion. |
Other units | 1940-05-01 - 1942-01-14 | Commanding Officer - 2/14th Battalion. |
Other | 25 November 1940 | Arrived Middle East. |
Other units | 04 June 1942 | Commanding officer 10th Australian Infantry Training Battalion. |
Other | 23 August 1942 | Seconded to RAAF Aerodrome Defence. |
Other | 26 November 1945 | Reserve of Officers. |