The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Augustine William Wardell

Wardell, Augustine William

Brigadier

* 9th of January 1895

† 1st of March 1965

Promotions

1939-11-02 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-11-02 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-06-20 Colonel
1942-03-01 Temporary Brigadier
1949-01-01 Brigadier

Service

1939-11-02 1940-01-01 Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters
1940-01-02 1940-04-03 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 2nd Australian Infantry Division
1940-04-04 1940-06-19 Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Australian Imperial Force [Middle East]
1940-06-20 1940-11-04 Chief Administration Officer, Australian Imperial Force [Middle East]
1940-11-05 1940-11-15 Acting Commanding Officer 25th Australian Infantry Brigade
1940-11-15 1941-01-19 General Officer Commanding Australian Imperial Force in United Kingdom
1941-01-20 1942-02-28 General Staff Officer 1, Army Headquarters
1942-03-01 1943-03-09 Australian Liaison Officer, London
1943-03-09 1944-08-10 Deputy Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters
1944-11-20 1945-02-28 Deputy Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters
1945-03-01 1945-07-26 Brigadier Post Hostilities Planning, Army Headquarters
1945-07-27 1946-06-30 Director of Plans, Army Headquarters
1946-06-28 1946-08-05 Acting Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters
1946-06-28 1946-08-05 Acting Second Member of the Military Board
1946-07-01 1947-11-12 Deputy Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters
1947-01-01 1947-02-06 Acting Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters
1947-01-01 1947-02-06 Acting Second Member of the Military Board
1947-11-12 1948-08-23 Attached to the Department of External Affairs
1948-11-10 1949-07-18 Brigadier in Charge of Administration, Southern Command
1949-07-19 1950-05-11 Assistant Director of Civil Defence Department of the Interior
1950-05-11 Retired
Picture source: http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/001533