Colonel Albert Thomas Paul

Service number 7910, NX129432 (N42891)
Ranks Held Corporal, Lieutenant, Provisional Bombardier
Birth Date 1889-11-04
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Death Date 1961-07-28
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 6th Field Artillery Brigade Attached Signal Sub Section
  • Signal Sub Section Attached 6th Field Artillery Brigade
  • Signal Sub Section Attached 8th Field Artillery Brigade
  • 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
  • 6th Fld Arty
Place Melbourne
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-02-13
Published in London Gazette in 1919-02-15
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-06-17
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-07-25
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-11-20

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Date of birth 04 November 1889 Melbourne, Victoria
Date of enlistment 24 July 1915
Date of embarkation 22 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 02 October 1916
Date commissioned 10 April 1917
WW1 Service 2 10 April 1917 2nd Lieutenant
Interwar Service 1 11 July 1917 H/lieutenant Reserve of Officers
WW1 Service 3 11 July 1917 Lieutenant
Date of recommendation honour or award 23 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 12 August 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 05 October 1918
Date returned to Australia 30 April 1919
WW1 Service 4 04 August 1919 demobilised
Interwar Service 2 01 October 1920 Lieutenant Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 3 31 March 1921 Aust Eng & Sigs Service
Interwar Service 4 16 May 1922 Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 5 19 November 1923 Sigs Service Aust Engr
Interwar Service 6 01 September 1924 Captain
Interwar Service 7 03 May 1927 Major
Interwar Service 8 19 May 1931 Sigs 5MD
Interwar Service 9 31 August 1932 Sigs 3MD
Interwar Service 10 30 April 1934 Unattached List
Interwar Service 11 30 April 1935 Reserve of Officers
Interwar Service 12 01 August 1935 Unattached List
Interwar Service 13 22 January 1937 53/3rd Battalion
Interwar Service 14 01 August 1937 3rd Battalion
Interwar Service 15 01 August 1938 Lieutenant Colonel commanding officer 3rd Battalion
Appointment 1938-08-01 - 1942-10-17 Battalion: 3rd; Rank on appointment: lieutenant colonel; Appointed from: major 3rd battalion ; Reason for end of appointment: age training appointment
Career summary 2 1942-01-06 - 1942-02-08 course ECTS senior officers (Rosebury
Career summary 3 27 May 1942 arrived Moresby
Career summary 4 14 July 1942 enlisted 2AIF
Career summary 6 05 September 1942 attached Maroubra Force
Career summary 7 12 September 1942 attached commanding officer 53rd battalion
Career summary 5 15 October 1942 ED
Career summary 8 17 October 1942 relinquished command 3rd battalion
Career summary 10 19 December 1942 seconded chief instructor 1st Aust Sig Training battalion
Career summary 9 19 December 1942 TFD Aust Corps of Sigs NSW Lines of Communication
Career summary 11 01 May 1943 commanding officer 2nd Army Sigs
Career summary 12 15 January 1944 relinquished command 2nd Army Sigs
Career summary 13 08 February 1944 Reserve of Officers
Date of death 28 July 1961

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