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David Whitehead (Australian Army officer)
David Adie Whitehead | |
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&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Blamey_Whitehead_Tarakan_(089777).jpg) Whitehead (right) with General Sir Thomas Blamey on Tarakan, 8 May 1945 | |
| Nickname(s) | "Torpy" |
| Born | 30 September 1896 Leith, Scotland |
| Died | 23 October 1992 (aged 96) Kew, Australia |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1954 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Service number | NX376 |
| Commands | 2nd Armoured Brigade (1947–52)[1][2] 26th Brigade (1942–45) 2/32nd Battalion (1942) 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion (1940–42) 1st Machine Gun Regiment (1937–40) |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire[3] Distinguished Service Order[4] & Bar[5] Military Cross[6] Efficiency Decoration Mentioned in dispatches (3) Croix de guerre (France)[7] |
| Other work | Combustion engineer, manager, member of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission |
Brigadier David Adie Whitehead, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, ED (30 September 1896 – 23 October 1992) was an Australian Army officer who fought in both First and Second World Wars.
- ^ "Australian Military Forces". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. 18 December 1947. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Australian Military Forces". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. 22 January 1953. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "No. 36972". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 March 1945. p. 1298.
- ^ "No. 35715". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 1942. p. 4154.
- ^ "No. 35898". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 February 1943. p. 743.
- ^ "No. 30431". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 December 1917. p. 13185.
- ^ "No. 31109". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 January 1919. p. 314.
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