Service number | VX48 |
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Ranks Held | Lieutenant Colonel, Major |
Birth Date | 1907-10-20 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Warragul |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Army |
Units |
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Place | Warragul |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Gazettes |
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-03-06 Published in London Gazette in 1944-01-20 Published in London Gazette in 1947-03-06 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-12-02 |
Lieutenant Colonel Keith Sinclair Picken
Rolls
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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:
- Unit
- 2/27th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 06 March 1947 on page 1091 at position 82
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 06 March 1947 on page 750 at position 133
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Major
- London Gazette
- 20 January 1944 on page 391 at position 2
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 02 December 1943 on page 2611 at position 19
Timeline
Date of birth | 20 October 1907 | |
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Date commissioned | 20 April 1927 | 23rd Battalion. |
Other | 12 March 1935 | Reserve of Officers. |
Other units | 11 February 1936 | Lieutenant 23/21st Battalion. |
Date promoted | 02 May 1939 | Captain. |
Other units | 13 October 1939 | Seconded as captain to 2/6th Battalion. |
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) | 20 October 1939 | Enlisted 2nd AIF. |
Other | 18 May 1940 | Arrived Middle East. |
Other units | 1940-06-12 - 1940-11-17 | Attached Headquarters 17th Brigade as liaison officer. |
Date promoted | 17 March 1942 | Temporary major. |
Other | 24 March 1942 | Arrived Ceylon. |
Date returned to Australia | 04 August 1942 | |
Date promoted | 01 September 1942 | Appointed major. |
Other | 21 September 1942 | Joint Overseas Operations Training School. |
Other | 20 October 1942 | Arrived New Guinea. |
Other units | 07 November 1942 | 2/7th Battalion. |
Other | 28 July 1943 | Arrived Moresby. |
Date returned to Australia | 07 October 1943 | Returned to Cairns. |
Other units | 1943-11-17 - 1945-10-08 | Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 2/27th Battalion. |
Date of honour or award | 02 December 1943 | Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. |
Other | 04 December 1943 | Arrived New Guinea. |
Date returned to Australia | 20 March 1944 | Returned to Sydney. |
Other | 31 May 1945 | Arrived Morotai. |
Other | 16 April 1946 | Reserve of Officers. |
Date of honour or award | 02 February 1947 | Mention in Despatches. |
Other | c 1941-04-10 | Arrived Greece. |
Other | c 1941-06-13 | Arrived Middle East. |
Other | c 1945-06-22 | Arrived Balikpapan. |
Other | c 1945-09-27 | Arrived Makassar (for service with Makforce). |