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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Charles George Norman Miles

Miles, Charles George Norman

Lieutenant-General

* 10th of November 1884

† 18th of February 1958

Promotions

1919-11-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1924-01-31 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1925-09-02 Relinquishes the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1927-02-01 Brevet Colonel
1935-04-21 Temporary Colonel
1935-09-01 Temporary Brigadier
1939-10-13 Local Major-General
1940-04-04 Major-General
1944-11-11 Granted the Honorary rank of Lieutenant-General
1947-02-26 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1942-09-01)

Service

1918-01-20 1919-03-31 General Staff Officer 1, 2nd Australian Infantry Division
1919-04-01 1919-12-22 Attending Staff College Camberley [Great Britain]
1920-04-01 1920-08-31 Staff Officer to the Inspector-General
1920-09-01 1921-04-30 General Staff Officer, Operations & Artillery, Army Headquarters
1921-05-01 1924-01-30 Staff Officer, G Branch, 2nd Australian Infantry Division
1924-01-31 1925-09-08 Director of Military Art, Royal Military College Duntroon
1925-09-09 1927-11-05 Australian Exchange Officer in India
1925-10-09 1926-04-02 Brigade-Major, Allahabad Independent Brigade Area [India]
1926-04-03 1927-01-07 Brigade-Major, 15th Indian Infantry Brigade [India]
1927-01-08 1927-10-02 General Staff Officer 2, Baluchistan District [India]
1927-11-21 1927-12-06 Temporary Attached to G Branch, Army Headquarters
1927-12-07 1935-04-20 Director of Military Training, Army Headquarters
1933-02-01 1937-01-31 Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Australia
1935-04-21 1939-10-12 Commandant of the Royal Military College Duntroon
1935-04-21 1939-10-12 Commandant of Army Schools of Instructions, 2nd Military District
1936-07-01 1939-10-13 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1939-10-13 1940-07-31 Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters
1939-10-13 1940-07-31 Second Military Member of the Military Board
1940-08-01 1941-12-19 General Officer Commander in Chief Eastern Command
1940-08-01 1941-12-19 District Officer Commanding 2nd Military District
1941-11-11 Retired
Picture source: http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/009821