Temporary Colonel John Edward Cecil Lord

Ranks Held Lance Corporal, Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Colonel
Final Rank Temporary Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 93rd Infantry
  • 40th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-04
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-07
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-09-15
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Colonel
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8832 at position 12
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1661 at position 37
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    93rd Infantry
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    07 January 1919 on page 313 at position 14
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 893 at position 56
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15228 at position 28
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 881 at position 108
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    01 June 1917 on page 5422 at position 82
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2624 at position 94
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    03 June 1919 on page 6793 at position 10
    Commonwealth Gazette
    15 September 1919 on page 1370 at position 26
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    40th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    04 June 1917 on page 5475 at position 29
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2626 at position 45

Timeline

Date of birth 08 May 1870
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 10 February 1916 Appointed to command the 40th Battalion with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 04 March 1917
Date of honour or award 1917-06 Awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Date of honour or award 1917-06 Mention in Despatches.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917-06
Date of recommendation honour or award 04 June 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Other units 1918-07-17 - 1918-08-04 Temporary command of the 15th Infantry Brigade.
Other units 1918-08-05 - 1918-08-15 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters.
Other units 1918-09-02 - 1918-09-21 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters.
Date of recommendation honour or award 20 September 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 27 September 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 September 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 01 October 1918
Other units 1918-10-21 - 1918-11-22 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters.
Date of honour or award 1918-12 Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award 1919-01 Awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Date of recommendation honour or award 01 January 1919
Other units 1919-01-18 - 1919-02-16 Temporary Command 5th Infantry Brigade.
Date returned to Australia 20 April 1919
Date of honour or award 1919-06 Awarded Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
Date of honour or award 1919-07 Mention in Despatches.
Other 06 August 1919 AIF appointment terminated.