David Whitehead Military person

David Adie Whitehead CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (30 September 1896 – 23 October 1992) was an Australian Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II and rose to the rank of brigadier.

Personal facts

David Whitehead
Birth dateSeptember 30, 1896
Birth place
Scotland , Leith
Date of deathOctober 23, 1992

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Military person

allegianceAustralia
award
Croix de guerre
Mentioned in dispatches
Military Cross
Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
military operations
Second Battle of El Alamein
North African Campaign
Western Front (World War I)
World War II
Battle of Tarakan (1945)
World War I
South West Pacific theatre of World War II
Salamaua–Lae campaign
Huon Peninsula campaign
military branch
Australian Army
military command
26th Brigade
1st Machine Gun Regiment
2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
2/32nd Battalion
service start1913
service end1954

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External resources

  1. http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=887655