Service number | VX138 |
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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 |
Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Bradbury Challen
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Captain
- London Gazette
- 30 December 1941 on page 7329 at position 1
Timeline
Date of birth | 26 November 1906 | |
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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 |