Colonel William Brazenor

image: P11473.027.001 image: P11473.027.001
Photograph P11473.027.001
Service number V4608
Ranks Held Captain, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 1888-04-07
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Ballarat
Death Date 1945-09-22
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Ballarat
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 71st Infantry
  • 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Ballarat
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1918-09-24
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-02-12
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

Collection items

    Media


    Accompanied by the Commanding Officer, 23rd Battalion (either Lieutenant Colonel George Hodges ...

    Informal group portrait of six officers from the 23rd Battalion standing near Battalion ...

    Group portrait of officers of the 23rd Battalion aboard HMAT Euripides en route to Egypt. Front ...

    Studio portrait of three officer of the 23rd Battalion who all embarked together from Melbourne ...

    Document


    Photocopied diary of Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1917-1918

    Manuscript relating to Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1915-1918; 2007

    Manuscript relating to Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1915-1918; 2007

    Wallet 1 of 1 – Letters from Robert Mactier VC to his sister Belle Crawford and other papers, c.1912-c.1962

    Wallet 1 of 1 – Letters from Robert Mactier VC to his sister Belle Crawford and other papers, c.1912-c.1962

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 07 April 1888 Ballarat, Victoria.
Date of enlistment 17 March 1915
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 29 March 1915 Appointed to the 23rd Battalion with the rank of captain.
Date of embarkation 08 May 1915
Date promoted 27 August 1915 Appointed major.
Date of recommendation honour or award 16 August 1916
Date promoted 02 September 1916 Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel.
Other 02 September 1916 Temporary Commanding Officer of the 23rd Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 14 September 1916
Date promoted 02 December 1916 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other 02 December 1916 Commanding Officer of the 23rd Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 19 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 September 1917
Other units 1917-10-15 - 1917-06-25 Attached to 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, temporary Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Other units 1917-11-22 - 1917-12-07 Attached to 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, temporary Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Other units 1918-02-16 - 1918-03-03 Attached to 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, temporary Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 29 April 1918
Other units 1918-06-13 - 1918-06-20 Attached to 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, temporary Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 08 July 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 14 September 1918
Other units 27 November 1918 Temporary Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade.
Other units 10 December 1918 Resumed command of the 23rd Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 21 March 1919
Other 15 July 1919 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 22 September 1945 Ballarat, Victoria.

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