Lieutenant Colonel Tristan Bernard Wordsworth James  DSO

 

Born:                            14 March 1883 Hobart Tasmania 

2 nd Lieutenant:            22 June 1901 Honorary List

                                    30 January 1904 Goldfields Infantry Regiment Westralian Australia Volunteers  

Lieutenant:                   20 December 1904 Goldfields Infantry Regiment Westralian Australia Volunteers

                                    1 February 1906 Royal Australian Garrison Artillery N.S.W

                                    1 February 1906 – 31 Jul y 1909 Company Officer 2nd Military District

                                    1 August 1909 – 31 January 1911 Company Officer 1st  Military District

                                    1 February 1911 Adjutant Royal Military College Duntroon 

Captain:                        1 May 1911 Adjutant Royal Military College Duntroon 31 January 1917 

Major:                          1 April 1916 Battery Commander 25th battery 7th Field Artillery Brigade A.I.F

                                    21 January 1917 Unallotted list of Officers 3rd Division Artillery            

                                    25 February 1917 Joined G.H.Q France

                                    1 March 1917 3rd Division Artillery

                                    2 March 1917 7 F.AB. A.I.F

Brevet Major:             24 July 1917 Australian Military Forces

11 November 1917 Seconded for duty as Brigade Major Trainee Artillery 2nd Division Artillery HQ

6 December 1917 To Temporary perform duties as Brigade Major 2nd Division Artillery

23 January 1918 7 F.AB. A.I.F

24 January 1918 Command 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column 

Temporary                   1 April 1918 – 20August 1918 Commanding Officer 7 F.AB A.I.F

Lieutenant Colonel:       21 May 1918 – 16 January 1919 Command Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery England

                                        17 January 1919 -28 march 1920 Command 3rd F.A.B A.I.F

                                         Appointment A.I.F TERMINATED 28 March 1920 

Captain/ Brevet Major :     1919 13 Company R.A.G.A

Major Substantive:        1 November 1919 

Brevet

Lieutenant Colonel:       1 January 1920 2 Company R.A.G.A 

Lieutenant Colonel:       1 Octoberv1920 Staff Corp

                                    1 August 1920 – 30 April 1921 Commanded R.A.G.A 5th Military District

                                    1 May 1921 – 31 July 1921 Commanded Royal Australian Field Artillery 3rd Military District

                                    1 August 1922- 9 November 1923 Commanded 1st Coast Artillery Brigade R.AG.A

                                    10 November 1923-7 March 1926 Attached to British Army as exchange officer

8 March 1926-30 June 1927 Commanded 1st Coast Artillery Brigade R.AG.A

1 July 1927 – 29 May 1931 Commanded 1st Heavy Brigade R.A.G.A 

Retired:                        30 May 1931 3 Military District  

Gassed:                        22 July 1917 and  24 April 1918 

Decorations:                DSO 17 December 1917 Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty after the men had been ordered to safety owing to heavy shelling when a gun pit caught fire he extinguished it single handed.  By  his  efforts his  personnel were rendered safe.  London Gazette 23 April 1918.

                                    Mentioned in Despatches 7 April 1918.

Occupation:                  Permanent Officer

Died:                            15 September 1939 Bolingbroke Hospital Battersea London