The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Ernest Morgan Williams

Williams, Ernest Morgan

Brigadier

* 12th of February 1885

† 1959

Promotions

1919-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1923-10-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1923-10-01 Brevet Colonel
1935-06-01 Colonel
1936-07-01 Temporary Brigadier

Service

1916-05-09 1916-07-01 Temporary Commanding Officer 4th Pioneer Battalion
1916-07-02 1916-12-03 Commanding Officer 13th Light Horse
1917-04-08 1917-05-29 General Staff Officer 2, 3rd Australian Infantry Division
1918-01-27 1918-03-07 Acting General Staff Officer 1, Australian Mounted Division
1918-05-18 1918-10-03 Commandant of Cavalry Corps School of Instruction (Jaffa) [Middle East]
1918-10-10 1918-11-17 Administrator of Hospitals, Australian Imperial Force (Damascus) [Middle East]
1919-02-07 1919-06-10 Assistant Director of Education, Australian Imperial Force Eypt [Middle East]
1919-02-07 1919-07-15 Deputy Assistant Director of Demobilization, Australian Imperial Force Eypt [Middle East]
1919-07-23 1919-12-30 Assistant Adjutant-General, Australian Imperial Force Eypt [Middle East]
1920-09-04 1922-01-31 Attending Staff College Quetta [India]
1922-02-01 1922-10-23 Staff Officer, Q Branch, Army Headquarters
1922-10-24 1929-07-31 Staff Officer, G Branch, 1st Australian Cavalry Division
1929-08-01 1931-09-16 General Staff Officer, 1st Australian Infantry Division
1931-09-17 1932-02-28 General Staff Officer, 3rd Australian Infantry Division
1932-02-01 1934-09-02 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 3rd District Base
1935-06-01 1937-06-30 Commanding Officer Field Troops, 6th Military District
1935-06-01 1937-06-30 Commanding Officer 6th District Base 01.06.35-30.06.37: Temporary District Officer Commanding 6th Military District
1936-07-01 1939-10-18 Commanding Officer 11th Australian Mixed Brigade
1936-07-01 1939-10-18 Temporary Commanding Officer 1st District Base
1936-07-01 1939-10-18 Temporary District Officer Commanding 1st Military District
1939-10-19 1940-07-31 Brigadier Administering Training Camps, Southern Command
1940-11-01 1941-10-31 Half-pay
1941-10-31 Retired