Service number | 275618, NX163 |
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Ranks Held | Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Major General |
Birth Date | 1909-02-13 |
Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales, Newcastle |
Death Date | 2007-10-07 |
Final Rank | Major General |
Service | Army |
Unit | 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion |
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Conflicts/Operations |
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Gazettes |
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-03-06 Published in London Gazette in 1965-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1943-12-23 Published in London Gazette in 1947-03-06 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-12-23 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1965-02-04 |
Major General Paul Alfred Cullen
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 23 December 1943 on page 5574 at position 10
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 23 December 1943 on page 2798 at position 1
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Army
- Conflict
- Period 1960-1969
- Rank
- Major General
- London Gazette
- 01 January 1965 on page 38 at position 5
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 04 February 1965 on page 565 at position 3
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 06 March 1947 on page 1089 at position 15
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 06 March 1947 on page 745 at position 8
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
Timeline
Date of birth | 13 February 1909 | Newcastle, NSW |
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Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 1927 | 1st Heavy Brigade, Australian Garison Artillery. |
Date commissioned | 22 May 1931 | |
Date promoted | 24 July 1935 | Captain. |
Other units | 25 October 1935 | Officer commanding 16th Battery. |
Other units | 13 October 1939 | Seconded captain 2/2nd Battalion. |
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) | 30 October 1939 | Enlisted 2nd AIF. |
Other | 13 February 1940 | Arrived Middle East. |
Other | 1940-03-06 - 1940-04-08 | Course - Middle East Tactical School. |
Other units | 1940-09-25 - 1940-10-17 | Attached 2/1st Battalion. |
Date promoted | 15 November 1940 | Major. |
Other | 1941-06 | Arrived Middle East. |
Other | 25 September 1941 | Changed name from Cohen to Cullen. |
Other | 28 March 1942 | Arrived in Ceylon. |
Other units | 1942-06-11 - 1945-08-28 | Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 2/1st Battalion. |
Date returned to Australia | 07 August 1942 | Returned to Melbourne. |
Date promoted | 01 September 1942 | Lieutenant colonel. |
Other | 21 September 1942 | Arrived Moresby. |
Date returned to Australia | 08 January 1943 | Returned to Brisbane. |
Date of honour or award | 23 December 1943 | Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. |
Date of honour or award | 23 December 1943 | Distinguished Service Order. |
Other | 29 January 1944 | Attached Headquarters 16th Brigade. |
Other | 14 March 1944 | Arrived Moresby. |
Date returned to Australia | 28 March 1944 | Returned to Cairns. |
Other | 28 March 1944 | Attached Headquarters New Guinea Force. |
Other | 1944-05-18 - 1944-06-12 | Attached Headquarters 16th Brigade. |
Other | 15 December 1944 | Arrived Aitape. |
Date returned to Australia | 13 April 1945 | |
Other | 1945-04-22 - 1945-06-03 | Course - Land Headquarters Tactical senior officers. |
Other | 16 June 1945 | Arrived New Guinea. |
Other units | 1945-08-04 - 1945-09-07 | Attached Headquarters 16th Brigade. |
Date returned to Australia | 19 September 1945 | Returned to Cairns. |
Other | 27 September 1945 | Reserve of Officers. |
Date of honour or award | 02 November 1946 | Bar to Distinguished Service Order. |
Other units | 01 April 1948 | Commanding officer 45th Battalion. |
Other | 31 December 1948 | Reserve of Officers. |
Other units | 02 July 1955 | Temporary Brigadie, commanding 14th Brigade. |
Date promoted | 02 July 1956 | Appointed brigadier. |
Other | 02 July 1958 | Officers Staff group Eastern Command. |
Other | 01 July 1960 | Deputy command 1st Division. |
Other | 01 December 1961 | Major general commanding Communucations Zone. |
Other | 01 December 1963 | Unattached List. |
Other | 02 December 1966 | Retired List. |
Date of death | 07 October 2007 | |
Other | c 1941-05-19 | Arrived Greece. |