William Sydney Melville
Service Number: NX34711Details
First name/s
William Sydney
Last name
Melville
Service Number
NX34711
Date of Birth
10/07/1911
Place of Birth
Date returned to Australia
25/02/1945
Date of Death
08/11/1981
Conflicts
Places
Timeline
- 10/07/1911
- Kogarah, NSW.
- 1935
- Enlisted Sydney University Regiment.
- 08/06/1939
- C Platoon.
- 13/08/1939
- Appointed sergeant.
- 28/09/1939
- Transferred 35th Battalion.
- 09/10/1939
- Date commissioned
- 09/10/1939
- Appointed lieutenant.
- 1940-06-10 - 1940-09-09
- 7th Battalion.
- 01/11/1940
- Appointed captain.
- 15/08/1941
- Arrived Singapore.
- 22/02/1942
- Arrived Colombo.
- 28/03/1942
- Returned to Melbourne.
- 11/05/1942
- 6th Battalion.
- 03/06/1942
- Temporary major.
- 1943-02-17 - 1943-03-28
- Course - Land Headquarters Tactical School.
- 1943-11-12 - 1945-08-28
- Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 11th Battalion.
- 16/12/1943
- Appointed major.
- 29/09/1944
- Arrived Lae.
- 25/02/1945
- Returned to Townsville.
- 10/04/1945
- Arrived New Britain.
- 20/08/1945
- Returned to Townsville.
- 23/11/1945
- Reserve of Officers.
- 1946
- Mention in Despatches.
- 08/11/1981
- Date of death