Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Percy Whalley

Service number 6094, VX102614
Birth Date 16/02/1894
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Death Date 19/05/1969
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Place Melbourne
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

Interwar Service 3 ---[WWI SERVICE]-
Career summary 16 ** NO ACTIVE SERVICE **
Career summary 1 Reserve of Officers
Date of birth 16/02/1894
Pre WW1 Service 1 1911-01-31 - 1914-02-04 PTE-SGT 46th battalion
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 31/01/1911
Interwar Service 1 01/04/1914 2lieutenant 46th battalion (CMF)
Date commissioned 01/04/1914
Interwar Service 2 01/07/1915 lieutenant
WW1 Service 4 22/10/1916 arrived France
WW1 Service 5 23/10/1916 private
WW1 Service 2 29/04/1916 A/SGT
WW1 Service 3 11/10/1916 arrived United Kingdom
WW1 Service 1 12/04/1916 EN: AIF private 6094 7th battalion
Date of embarkation 28/07/1916
WW1 Service 6 12/02/1917 L/CPlatoon
WW1 Service 7 31/10/1917 2lieutenant
WW1 Service 8 15/05/1918 lieutenant
WW1 Service 9 09/08/1918 wounded in action
WW1 Service 10 15/12/1919 Returned to Australia
Interwar Service 4 01/12/1920 captain 46th battalion
WW1 Service 11 06/02/1920 demobilised
Interwar Service 5 01/09/1923 major
Interwar Service 6 31/03/1926 commanding officer 46th battalion
Interwar Service 7 01/07/1926 lieutenant colonel
Interwar Service 8 30/09/1926 relinquished command 46th battalion
Interwar Service 9 1926-10-01 - 1940-08-09 Reserve of Officers
Appointment 1940-08-09 - 1942-08-11 Battalion: 59th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: Reserve of Officers ; Reason for end of appointment: new command -infantry battalion /BA
Career summary 3 31/10/1941 full time duty
Career summary 2 09/08/1941 commanding officer 59th battalion
Career summary 4 1941-11-30 - 1941-12-17 course company commande
Career summary 5 25/07/1942 enlisted 2AIF
Career summary 6 11/08/1942 commanding officer 58/59th battalion
Appointment 1942-08-11 - 1943-01-28 Battalion: 58/59th; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: commanding officer 59th battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: age
Career summary 7 28/01/1943 relinquished command 58/59th battalion
Career summary 10 04/10/1943 TFD Headquarters NSW Lines of Communication Area
Career summary 8 19/02/1943 TFD 1 Australian Movt Control group
Career summary 9 19/02/1943 officer commanding Brisbane-Sydney Leave and/or Troop Trains
Career summary 12 26/09/1944 officer commanding Leave and/or Troop Trains Sydney-Melbourne
Career summary 11 15/04/1944 Not approved by Military Secretary for seconded to AIF
Career summary 13 21/09/1945 officer commanding Troop Trains Headquarters Vic Lines of Communication Area
Career summary 14 08/08/1946 relinquish officer commanding Troop Trains...
Career summary 15 30/08/1946 Reserve of Officers
Date of death 19/05/1969