8 March	1915                      Blackboy Hill Training camp
24 April	1915                      Sergeant
9 June	1915                      Embarked from Fremantle
August	1915                      Embarked Egypt
10 Sept. – 12 Dec.	1915                      Gallipoli
12 February	1916                      Promoted 2nd Lieutenant
21 March	1916                      France
6/7 June	1916                      Trench Raid
30 June	1916                      Appointed Lieutenant
29 July – 27 Aug.	1916                      Pozieres (Sausage Valley)
4 August	1916                      Pozieres
6 September	1916                      Hospital
6 November	1916                      Returned to duty
16 November	1916                      Wounded in action
19 November	1916                      Promoted Captain
25 January	1917                      Rejoined Unit
February	1917                      Warlencourt
8 February	1917                      Awarded Military Cross
March	1917                      Attack on Malt Trench
17 Apri	1917                      Promoted T/Major
May	1917                      Battle of Bullecourt (Hindenburg Line)
June	1917                      Bapaume
2 July	1917                      Awarded Distinguished Service Order
1 August	1917                      Mentioned in Despatches
4 August	1917                      Major
August	1917                      Cassel
18 September	1917                      Ypres
28 September	1917                      Wounded in action
2 March	1918                      Rejoined Unit
7 April	1918                      Dernacourt
20 April	1918                      Ville Sur-Ancre
May	1918                      Morlancourt
27 June	1918                      Villers-Bretonneux
6 July	1918                      Senior Officers School
8 August	1918                      Battle of Amiens
29 August	1918                      Somme
29 Sept	1918                      Rejoined Unit
11 November	1918                      Armistice
5 April	1919                      Returned to Australia
30 July	1919                      Appointment terminated
WW2	1939 - 1946            Re-enlisted. See biographical details

 

 

Biographical Details:

Re-enlisted WW2, Promoted Lt Colonel in command of 2/1 pioneer Battalion, Mentioned in Despatches (1941), awarded OBE (1942). Served in North Africa and New Guinea. Member of War Crimes Tribunal. Appointment terminated 30 August, 1946. More: Brown