Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Bradbury Challen

Service number VX138
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 1906-11-26
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Daylesford
Death Date 1971-09-08
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Army
Place Daylesford
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1941-12-30

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 26 November 1906
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 1924
Other units 1924 37th Battalion.
Date commissioned 05 October 1925
Date promoted 05 October 1925 Lieutenant.
Other units 05 June 1936 57/60th Battalion.
Other units 13 October 1939 2/8th Battalion.
Date promoted 25 January 1940 Captain.
Other 18 May 1940 Arrived Middle East.
Other units 1940-05-28 - 1940-06-17 Attached Headquarters 19th Brigade.
Other 1940-07-22 - 1940-08-26 Course Middle East Tactical School.
Other units 23 September 1940 Seconded adjutant 19th Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
Other units 29 March 1941 Seconded staff captain 21st Brigade.
Other 1941-09-08 - 1941-12-30 Course Middle East Staff School.
Other units 28 December 1941 Brigade major 21st Brigade.
Date of honour or award 30 December 1941 Member of the Order of the British Empire.
Date returned to Australia 25 March 1942 Adelaide.
Other units 30 September 1942 Commanding officer 2/14th Battalion.
Other units 1942-09-30 - 1943-07-05 2/14th Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 16 January 1943 Cairns.
Other units 17 January 1943 Attached Headquarters 21st Brigade.
Other units 09 July 1943 Attached Headquarters 2 Australian Corps.
Other units 15 December 1943 General service officer grade 1 (Liasion) Headquarters 1st Australian Corps.
Date promoted 30 December 1943 Lieutenant colonel.
Date promoted 30 December 1943 Major.
Other units 12 April 1944 General service officer grade 1 (Liasion) Headquarters 2nd Australian Corps.
Other 28 April 1944 Arrived Moresby.
Other units 06 May 1944 General service officer grade 1 (Liasion) Headquarters New Guinea Force.
Other units 02 October 1944 General service officer grade 1 (Liasion) Headquarters 2nd Australian Corps.
Other 07 January 1945 Arrived Bougainville.
Other units 1945-03-17 - 1945-04-04 Attached Headquarters 15th Brigade
Other units 1945-09-26 - 1945-10-07 Attached Headquarters 3rd Division.
Date returned to Australia 30 October 1945 Brisbane.
Other 15 November 1945 Reserve of Officers.
Date of death 08 September 1971