Allan Joseph BOASE

BOASE, Allan Joseph

Service Numbers: Officer, NX366, 22
Enlisted: 14 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Major General
Last Unit: 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gympie, Queensland, 19 February 1894
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Royal Military College, Duntroon
Occupation: Soldier
Died: Natural causes, St. Kilda, Victoria, 1 January 1964, aged 69 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Caboolture District WW1 Roll of Honour, Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

14 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Sep 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Apr 1915: Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli
20 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 9th Infantry Battalion
21 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 9th Infantry Battalion
6 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 12th Infantry Battalion
18 Jan 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Major

World War 2 Service

24 Apr 1940: Enlisted Major, NX366, Moore Park, New South Wales
24 Apr 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major General, 22
1 Jan 1942: Involvement Brigadier, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
19 Feb 1951: Discharged Major General, NX366

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Biography

"Joining the 9th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, in August 1914, he was shipped to Egypt the following month after the outbreak of the First World War. He was amongst the troops landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and together with his platoon, fought his way to Lone Pine. Wounded the following day, Boase was evacuated, only rejoining his unit in September. Following the withdrawal of the allied forces from Gallipoli, he was posted to the 12th Battalion, and his unit was posted to the Western Front in June 1916. Promoted to major at the end of the year, Boase performed staff duties for the remainder of the war within the headquarters of a number of brigades and the 5th Division.

During the inter-war years, Boase went to the Staff College, Camberley, in England. Upon his return to Australia, he served in a number of staff positions as well as undertaking a military exchange position in India. Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, he was promoted to colonel. After serving as Commandant of the Command and Staff School in Sydney from November 1939 to April 1940, he was seconded to the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) as quartermaster general of the 7th Division. Dispatched with the division to the Middle East in late 1940, he was promoted to temporary brigadier and made responsible for the "Base and Lines of Communication Units" around Gaza, where the 2nd AIF had established its base. Boase was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1942..." - READ MORE LINK (en.wikipedia.org)

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