Lieutenant Colonel Charles Conway Mason

Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date	01/05/1878
Death Date	06/04/1949
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	59th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918

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Date of birth	01/05/1878
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	19/08/1914	Appointed captain in the 7th Battalion.
Date of embarkation	19/10/1914
Date promoted	03/04/1915	Appointed major.
Other units	1916	Officer Commanding Musketry School Williamstown.
Date promoted	29/11/1916	Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel.
Other units	29/11/1916	Officer Commanding 5th Division Training School.
Other units	1916	Officer Commanding NCO's School Port Melbourne.
Other units	11/11/1916	59th Battalion
Other	1916	Invalided to Australia.
Other units	1916	Officer Commanding Machine Gun School Port Melbourne.
Other units	11/09/1916	Second in Command Euripides.
Other units	19/06/1917	Commanding Officer 59th Battalion.
Other units	08/05/1917	Assistant Commandant 1st ANZAC Corps School.
Date of recommendation honour or award	30/09/1917
Date promoted	27/08/1917	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other units	1918-02-22 - 1918-09-24	Commandant Australian Corps School.
Other units	17/10/1918	Commanding Officer 5th Machine Gun Battalion.
Other	06/01/1920	AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death	06/04/1949