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Varley, Arthur Leslie

Date of birth:
October 13th, 1893 (Rookwood, Australia)
Date of death:
September 13th, 1944 (Rakuyo Maru, South China Sea)
Mentioned on:
Commonwealth Memorial of the Missing Labuan
Service number:
NX35005
Nationality:
Australian

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
45th Australian Infantry Battalion, 12th Australian Infantry Brigade, 4th Australian Division, Australian Army
Awarded on:
November 7th, 1918

Second MC received as bar.
Military Cross (MC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Brigadier
Unit:
2/18th Battalion, 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade, 8th Australian Division, Australian Army
Awarded on:
August 1st, 1946

Posthumously received
Mentioned in Dispatches

Sources