Lieutenant Colonel Charles Conway Mason

Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date	1878-05-01
Death Date	1949-04-06
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	59th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28 Published in London Gazette in 1917-11-19 Published in London Gazette in 1918-03-22 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-08-07 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-03-07 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18

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Date of birth	01 May 1878
Date of birth	01 May 1878
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	19 August 1914	Appointed captain in the 7th Battalion.
Date of embarkation	19 October 1914
Date promoted	03 April 1915	Appointed major.
Other	1916	Invalided to Australia.
Other units	1916	Officer Commanding Machine Gun School Port Melbourne.
Other units	1916	Officer Commanding Musketry School Williamstown.
Other units	1916	Officer Commanding NCO's School Port Melbourne.
Other units	11 September 1916	Second in Command Euripides.
Other units	11 November 1916	59th Battalion
Date promoted	29 November 1916	Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel.
Other units	29 November 1916	Officer Commanding 5th Division Training School.
Other units	08 May 1917	Assistant Commandant 1st ANZAC Corps School.
Other units	19 June 1917	Commanding Officer 59th Battalion.
Date promoted	27 August 1917	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award	30 September 1917
Other units	1918-02-22 - 1918-09-24	Commandant Australian Corps School.
Other units	17 October 1918	Commanding Officer 5th Machine Gun Battalion.
Other	06 January 1920	AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death	06 April 1949
Date of death	06 April 1949