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Windeyer, William John Victor

Date of birth:
July 28th, 1900 (Sydney/New South Wales, Australia)
Date of death:
November 23rd, 1987 (Sydney/New South Wales, Australia)
Service number:
NX396
Nationality:
Australian

Biography

Promotions:
1918: Private
1924: Captain
July 1929: Major
1937: Lieutenant Colonel
May 1940: Major
August 1940: Lieutenant Colonel
January 1942: Colonel/Acting Brigadier
July 1950: Temporary Major General
January 1951: Major General

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Army
Awarded on:
April 16th, 1942
For high degree of courage & leadership at Tobruk in the period April/October 1941.

At the request of the recipient the D.S.O. badge was forwarded to Mrs. W.J.V. Windeyer.
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Awarded on:
June 23rd, 1942
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Brigadier
Unit:
20th Australian Infantry Brigade, Australian Army
Awarded on:
February 11th, 1943
For courage, ability, energy and leadership at El Alamein between 25 October and 4 November 1942.

Second DSO received as bar.
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At the request of the recipient the D.S.O. badge was forwarded to Mrs. W.J.V. Windeyer.
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Brigadier
Awarded on:
June 24th, 1943
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Brigadier
Unit:
20th Australian Infantry Brigade, Australian Army
Awarded on:
1943
For leadership during the Salamaua-Lae campaign in 1943.
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Brigadier
Awarded on:
April 27th, 1944
For exceptional services in the field in New Guinea.
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Brigadier
Unit:
20th Australian Infantry Brigade, Australian Army
Awarded on:
March 8th, 1945
For outstanding leadership and service from September to December 1943.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Rank:
Major General
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1953

Queen's Birthday Honours
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
Rank:
Major General
Awarded on:
1972
Knights/Dames Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (K/DBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With "8th Army" clasp
Africa Star
King George V's Silver Jubilee Medal 1935
Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Medal 1953
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

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