Temporary Brigadier Selwyn Havelock Watson Craig Porter

Service number	VX133, 386601
Ranks Held	Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Brigadier
Birth Date	1905-02-23
Birth Place	Australia: Victoria, Tintaldra
Death Date	1963-10-18
Final Rank	Temporary Brigadier
Service	Australian Army
Units	24th Australian Infantry Brigade 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion
Place	Tintaldra
Conflicts/Operations	Second World War, 1939-1945 Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-03-06 Published in London Gazette in 1942-02-12 Published in London Gazette in 1941-07-08 Published in London Gazette in 1947-03-06

Collection items

Rolls

Honours and Awards:

Unit

2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel

London Gazette

12 February 1942 on page 703 at position 2
Honours and Awards:

Unit

2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank

Major

London Gazette

08 July 1941 on page 3890 at position 56
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945
Honours and Awards:

Unit

24th Australian Infantry Brigade

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank

Temporary Brigadier

London Gazette

06 March 1947 on page 1085 at position 13

Commonwealth Gazette

06 March 1947 on page 748 at position 7

Timeline

Date of birth	23 February 1905
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)	05 December 1924
Date commissioned	05 December 1924
Other units	05 December 1924	58th Battalion.
Date promoted	15 February 1928	Captain.
Other units	1934-04-16 - 1936-11-23	Seconded staff captain 15th Brigade.
Date promoted	18 November 1936	Major.
Other units	13 October 1939	Seconded major 2/5th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	19 October 1939	Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other	18 May 1940	Arrived Middle East.
Other units	17 January 1941	2/5th Battalion.
Other units	1941-01-28 - 1941-02-26	Attached 2/6th Battalion.
Other units	27 February 1941	Commanding officer 2/31st Battalion.
Other units	1941-02-27 - 1942-03-25	2/31st Battalion.
Date wounded	14 June 1941	Gun shot wound to left thigh.
Date of honour or award	19 July 1941	Mention in Despatches.
Date of honour or award	08 November 1941	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Other units	25 March 1942	Commander 30th Brigade.
Date promoted	01 September 1942	Colonel.
Other	09 September 1943	Chief instructor Land Headquarters Tactical School.
Other	09 November 1943	Arrived Moresby.
Other units	10 November 1943	Commanding Officer 24th Brigade.
Date returned to Australia	23 January 1944	Townsville.
Other	31 July 1944	Course - 1 Australian Corps Command and Staff 19.
Other	23 March 1945	Arrived Morotai.
Other units	31 March 1945	Attached Headquarters 9th Division.
Date returned to Australia	04 October 1945	Darwin.
Other	20 November 1945	Reserve of Officers.
Date of honour or award	01 April 1947	Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Other units	02 August 1948	Commander 6th Brigade.
Other units	02 May 1950	Commander 3rd Division.
Other	02 July 1953	Citizens Military Force Member Military Board.
Other	16 August 1954	Reserve of Officers.
Date of death	18 October 1963
Date of death	18 October 1963
Other	c 1942-04-15	Arrived New Guinea.
Other	c 1945-06-01	Arrived Labuan.