Wynter, Henry Douglas
- Date of birth:
- June 6th, 1886 (Gin Gin/Queensland, Australia)
- Date of death:
- February 7th, 1945 (Heidelberg/Victoria, Australia)
- Buried on:
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Springvale
Plot: 1. Row: N. Grave: B1. - Service number:
- QX6150
- Nationality:
- Australian
Biography
Lieutenant General (temporary) served in the Imperial Australian Force. He died of natural causes.
Military career:
1.2.1911: Lieutenant
1.4.1913: Staff Captain (temporary)
1.6.1915: Captain
1.12.1915: Brevet Major
1.11.1919: Major
1.1.1920: Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
1.10.1931: Lieutenant Colonel
1.7.1937: Colonel
18.8.1939: Temporary Brigadier
14.6.1940: Acting Major General
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Brevet Major
- Unit:
- 4th Australian Brigade, 1st Anzac Corps, British Fifth Army
- Awarded on:
- June 1st, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
- Unit:
- 4th Australian Brigade, 1st Anzac Corps, British Fifth Army
- Awarded on:
- December 28th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Brevet Major
- Unit:
- General staff, Australian Imperial Forces
- Awarded on:
- May 28th, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Unit:
- General staff, Australian Imperial Forces
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Unit:
- General staff, Australian Imperial Forces
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1919
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Awarded on:
- June 11th, 1919
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant General
- Unit:
- Australian Military Forces
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1942
Isignia presented at Government House, Melbourne, 30-11-1945 by the Governor-General.
Sources
- Photo: Wikimedia Commons
- - Personal File - Officer's record of service
- Honours and Awards: Henry Douglas Wynter | Australian War Memorial
- Page 5420 | Supplement 30107, 1 June 1917 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 13564 | Supplement 30448, 25 December 1917 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 6461 | Supplement 30716, 31 May 1918 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 8836 | Supplement 31448, 8 July 1919 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 6461 | Supplement 30716, 31 May 1918 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 6793 | Issue 31370, 30 May 1919 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- CWGC
- Biography - Henry Douglas Wynter - Australian Dictionary of Biography
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