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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Rudolph Bierwirth

Bierwirth, Rudolph

Lieutenant-General

* 30th of January 1899

† 27th of November 1993

Promotions

1940-06-26 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-11-30 Acting Colonel
1941-03-10 Relinquishes the Acting rank of Colonel
1941-06-03 Colonel
1942-04-22 Temporary Brigadier
1949-01-01 Brigadier

Service

1940-06-26 1940-11-29 Commanding Officer 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
1940-11-30 1941-03-10 Acting Commanding Officer 25th Australian Infantry Brigade
1941-03-11 1941-06-02 Commanding Officer 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
1941-06-03 1942-04-21 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 6th Australian Infantry Division [Middle East]
1942-04-22 1943-04-05 Brigadier in Charge of Administration, Q & A Branch, Northern Territory Force
1943-04-06 1943-06-19 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, III Australian Corps
1943-06-20 1944-03-29 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, I Australian Corps
1943-06-20 1943-08-26 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, New Guinea Force
1944-03-30 1945-05-17 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 1st Australian Army
1945-05-17 1946-01-13 Deputy Quartermaster-General 2, Q Branch, Army Headquarters
1946-01-14 1947-06-16 Attending the Imperial Defence College [Great Britain]
1947-06-17 Deputy Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters
1949-01-11 Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Australia
1956-XX-XX Retired
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