Topic: AIF - HQ - 3rd Echelon
AIF Headquarters
3rd Echelon
Godfrey George Howy IRVING
Godfrey George Howy IRVING, about 1915
Godfrey George Howy IRVING Military Biography
Date of Birth: 25 August 1867
Lieutenant: 2nd Infantry Battalion, 8 November 1887.
Captain: 1 January 1891Adjutant: Permenant Adjutant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 1 January 1891.
Adjutant: Permenant Adjutant, 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions, 1 July 1893.
Adjutant: Permenant Adjutant, 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions, 1 July 1893.
Adjutant: Permenant Adjutant, 3rd and 4th Infantry Battalions, 31 May 1897.
Adjutant: Permenant Adjutant, 5th Infantry Battalions, 1 January 1899.
Adjutant: Permenant Adjutant, 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions, 15 November 1899.
Adjutant: Permenant Adjutant, Rangers, 30 March 1900.
Major: 2 July 1900.Temporary Commander: Rangers, 2 July 1900.
Adjutant: Permenant Adjutant, Rangers, 10 November 1901.
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Victoria, 13 March 1902.
Honorary Lieutenant Colonel: 5 April 1902.Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Victoria)
Acting Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters Staff, 27 November 1903.
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, with temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel, 14 January 1904.
Temporary Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, 12 January 1905.
Instructional Staff, Queensland, 1 July 1905.
Instructional Staff, New South Wales, 28 March 1906.
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, New South Wales, 1 July 1907.
Acting Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, New South Wales, 1 July 1908.
Temporary Lieutenant Colonel: 1 September 1909.Commandant, 5th Military District, 1 September 1909.
Substantive Lieutenant Colonel: 17 December 1909.
Temporary Colonel: 10 January 1911.
Substantive Colonel: 1 May 1914.Commandant, 4th Military District, 1 July 1914.
Temporary Chief of the General Staff (1st military Member) Military Board, 24 May 1915.
Honorary Brigadier General: 1 December 1915.Temporary Brigadier General, AIF, 28 December 1915.
Temporary General Officer Commanding, 15th Infantry Brigade, AIF, 21 February 1916.
Temporary General Officer Commanding, 14th Infantry Brigade, AIF, 2 March 1916.
Commandant AIF Headquarters, Egypt, 1 May 1916.
Commandant, 4th Military District, 25 June 1916.
Temporary Commandant, 1st Military District, 16 February 1917.
Commandant, 1st Military District, 1 April 1920.
Deputy Quartermaster General, May 1921.
Unattached List 1922.
Honorary Major General 1925.
Died: 11 December 1937, Melbourne.
External Biographical Links:
Godfrey George Howy IRVING, Wikipedia
Godfrey George Howy IRVING, Mallett
Godfrey George Howy IRVING, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition
Further Reading:
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: AIF Headquarters, 3rd Echelon, Godfrey George Howy IRVING
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Updated: Monday, 9 May 2011 8:01 PM EADT
