Brigadier Jack Lowell Amies

Service number	1/21001, QX6007
Ranks Held	Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Brigadier
Birth Date	1913-12-14
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Death Date	1996-11-07
Final Rank	Brigadier
Service	Australian Army
Units	RAI 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion 15th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place	Sydney
Conflicts/Operations	Period 1940-1949 Period 1950-1959 Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1944-04-27 Published in London Gazette in 1957-06-13 Published in London Gazette in 1943-12-23 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-12-23 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-04-27 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1957-07-04

Collection items

Rolls

Honours and Awards:

Unit

15th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel

London Gazette

27 April 1944 on page 1929 at position 21

Commonwealth Gazette

27 April 1944 on page 894 at position 83
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945
Honours and Awards:

Unit

15th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel

London Gazette

23 December 1943 on page 5571 at position 8

Commonwealth Gazette

23 December 1943 on page 2797 at position 17
Honours and Awards:

Unit

RAI

Conflict

Period 1950-1959

Rank

Brigadier

London Gazette

13 June 1957 on page 3408 at position 2

Commonwealth Gazette

04 July 1957 on page 1969 at position 3
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Timeline

Date of birth	14 December 1913	Sydney, NSW.
Date of birth	14 December 1913
Date commissioned	14 August 1935
Other	14 August 1935	Lieutenant Australian Field Artillery.
Other	13 October 1939	Seconded lieutenant 6th Division Artillery.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	28 October 1939	Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other units	07 November 1939	10th Field Battery, 2/5th Field Regiment.
Other units	19 January 1940	2/1st Anti Tank Regiment.
Other	24 February 1940	Course - School of Artillery.
Other	17 June 1940	Arrived Scotland.
Other units	27 June 1940	2/31st Battalion.
Date promoted	28 June 1940	Appointed captain.
Other	15 July 1940	Course - Junior Leaders AIF School Tilshead.
Other	1940-08-28 - 1940-09-04	Attached London PI.
Other	09 March 1941	Arrived Middle East from United Kingdom.
Date promoted	19 July 1941	Appointed major.
Other	30 August 1941	Course - Middle East Combined Training Centre.
Other	20 December 1941	Special Duty.
Date returned to Australia	10 March 1942	Returned to Adelaide.
Other units	1942-08-11 - 1944-09-14	Temporary lieutenant colonel, Commanding Officer 15th Battalion.
Other	12 January 1943	Arrived Milne Bay.
Date returned to Australia	30 November 1943
Date of honour or award	23 December 1943	Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Other	28 December 1943	Arrived Moresby.
Date promoted	20 April 1944	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of honour or award	31 May 1944	Mention in Despatches.
Date returned to Australia	04 June 1944	Returned to Brisbane.
Other	1944-09-22 - 1945-09-24	Instructor Land Headquarters Tactical School.
Other	30 October 1945	Reserve of Officers.
Other units	01 April 1948	Commanding officer 9th Battalion.
Other	18 October 1951	Reserve of Officers.
Other	22 February 1952	General service officer grade 1 Citizens Military Force Headquarters Northern Command.
Other units	18 April 1954	Commanding Officer 7th Brigade.
Other	1956-04-20 - 1959-04-20	Honourary Aide de Camp to the Governor General.
Date of honour or award	20 April 1959	Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Date of death	07 November 1996
Date of death	07 November 1996