Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Lexden Shellshear

Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 1885
Death Date 1958
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
  • 13th Australian Field Artillery Battery
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    13th Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    13th Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    13th Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13565 at position 8
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 842 at position 120
  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 254 at position 53
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1391 at position 105
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    01 January 1918 on page 28 at position 56
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 846 at position 93

Timeline

Date of birth 1885
Date of embarkation 18 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 27 September 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 02 October 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 09 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 29 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 September 1917
Date of death 1958