Service number | QX6175, NP10257 |
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Ranks Held | Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel |
Birth Date | 1896-06-19 |
Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales, Goondah |
Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Service | Australian Imperial Force |
Units |
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Place | Goondah |
Conflicts/Operations |
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Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1947-11-28 Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-12-11 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18 |
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Francis Marlan
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
- London Gazette
- 28 December 1917 on page 13566 at position 64
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 18 April 1918 on page 843 at position 139
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 28 November 1947 on page 5636 at position 1
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 11 December 1947 on page 3597 at position 1
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 20th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
Timeline
Date of birth | 19 June 1896 | |
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Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) | 12 March 1914 | |
Royal Military College | 1914-03-12 - 1916-09-05 | |
Date commissioned | 06 September 1916 | |
WW1 Service 1 | 23 September 1916 | enlisted AIF |
Date of embarkation | 07 October 1916 | |
WW1 Service 2 | 21 November 1916 | arrived United Kingdom |
WW1 Service 3 | 13 December 1916 | arrived France |
WW1 Service 4 | 30 December 1916 | 20th battalion |
WW1 Service 5 | 05 January 1917 | wounded in action gun shot wound Legs |
WW1 Service 6 | 11 August 1917 | arrived France |
WW1 Service 7 | 19 August 1917 | returned to unit |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 25 September 1917 | |
WW1 Service 8 | 17 October 1917 | captain |
WW1 Service 9 | 19 October 1917 | wounded in action Shell/shrapnel wound Rt thigh |
WW1 Service 10 | 06 December 1917 | arrived France |
WW1 Service 11 | 23 December 1917 | returned to unit |
WW1 Service 12 | 01 January 1918 | Mention in Despatches |
WW1 Service 13 | 22 August 1918 | attached Staff Trainee British 9th Corps |
WW1 Service 14 | 27 November 1918 | returned to unit |
WW1 Service 15 | 20 August 1919 | Returned to Australia (Syd) |
WW1 Service 16 | 07 November 1919 | demobilised |
Interwar Service 1 | 19 December 1919 | adjutant & QM 2/20th battalion & Officer of the Order of Australia 20 Ab |
Interwar Service 2 | 01 April 1921 | adjutant & QM 33rd battalion |
Interwar Service 3 | 01 August 1922 | Officer of the Order of Australia 33A |
Interwar Service 4 | 20 August 1923 | adjutant & QM 13th Brigade |
Interwar Service 5 | 06 September 1924 | captain (Australian Staff Corps) |
Interwar Service 6 | 21 September 1927 | adjutant & QM 17th battalion |
Interwar Service 7 | 24 November 1928 | attached 8th Brigade |
Interwar Service 8 | 10 January 1929 | brigade major 8th Brigade |
Interwar Service 9 | 17 April 1930 | adjutant & QM 17th battalion |
Interwar Service 10 | 22 December 1934 | brigade major 9th Brigade |
Interwar Service 11 | 01 July 1935 | brigade major 5th Brigade |
Interwar Service 12 | 27 June 1936 | B/major (Australian Staff Corps) |
Interwar Service 13 | 01 September 1936 | major |
Career summary 2 | 14 February 1940 | brigade major 11th Brigade |
Career summary 3 | 26 April 1940 | seconded lieutenant colonel commanding officer 2/15th battalion |
Appointment | 1940-04-26 - 1941-04-06 | Battalion: 2/15th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: brigade major 11th Brigade; Reason for end of appointment: prisoner of war: captured vic Mechili |
Career summary 4 | 03 February 1941 | arrived Middle East |
Career summary 5 | 19 April 1941 | missing in action (reported) |
Career summary 6 | 11 May 1941 | prisoner of war (reported) |
Career summary 12 | 09 April 1945 | Safe in Allied hands (reported) |
Career summary 13 | 17 April 1945 | Letter of commendation for work whil 2iC to senior British Officer Camp Pg 78 |
Career summary 14 | 17 June 1945 | Returned to Australia (Syd) |
Career summary 16 | 24 September 1945 | course #9 Grade I Wing, Staff School |
Career summary 17 | 06 February 1946 | general service officer grade 1 Headquarters SA Lines of Communication Area |
Career summary 18 | 15 March 1947 | assistant adjutant and quarter master general Headquarters 4MD |
Career summary 19 | 23 December 1947 | Mention in Despatches |
Career summary 20 | 18 October 1948 | colonel (Australian Staff Corps) |
Career summary 21 | 1949-06-14 - 1949-08-06 | attached COL, GS, Headquarters S |
Career summary 22 | 24 October 1949 | DAR, A Br, AHeadquarters & OiC Army Records |
Career summary 23 | 20 June 1951 | Retired List |
Career summary 1 | brigade major 5th Brigade | |
Career summary 10 | Oflag IX A/Z | |
Career summary 11 | Oflag XIIB | |
Career summary 15 | *** POST WAR *** | |
Career summary 7 | Italian prisoner of war Camp 78 PM 3300 (Sulmona) | |
Career summary 8 | Italian prisoner of war Camp 57 PM | |
Career summary 9 | Stalag III B | |
WW2 Service 1 | Benghazi |
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