Colonel Herbert Brayley Collett

Ranks Held Colonel, Corporal, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 12/11/1877
Death Date 17/08/1947
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 28th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • General List
  • No. 2 Australian Command Depot
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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    Document


    Speeches, addresses, and other papers written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood and others during the inter-war period and the Second World War

    Letters and papers of George Shaw, 1915-1979

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Date of birth 12/11/1877
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 23/04/1915 Appointed lieutenant colonel in the 28th Battalion.
Date of embarkation 29/06/1915
Date of embarkation 29/06/1915
Date of enlistment 23/04/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 17/09/1916
Other units 27/10/1917 Rejoined 28th Battalion.
Other units 15/10/1917 Temporary command of the 7th Brigade Headquarters.
Other units 27/03/1918 Appointed to command No 2 Command Depot.
Date promoted 01/06/1918 Appointed colonel.
Other units 23/02/1918 Attached to the 7th Brigade.
Date promoted 27/03/1918 Appointed temporary colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/09/1918
Other 07/09/1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/02/1919
Date returned to Australia 01/06/1919
Date of death 17/08/1947

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