Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah Charles Selmes D.S.O, V.D 

Born:               8 July 1879 North Sydney NSW

Enlisted:         1898 NSW Garrison Artillery (Militia) 

Temporary Lieutenant:          1899. Resigned Commission: 30 December 1899. 15 September 1901 Reverted to driver joining A Field Battery NSW Regiment Royal Australian Artillery to South Africa 

2 nd Lieutenant:  24 December 1904 Australian Rifle Regiment, Resigned Commission: 21 May 1906 

2 nd Lieutenant:  1 July 1913 11 Battery 4^th Field Artillery Brigade, 18August 1914 2^nd Battery 1^st F.A.B A.I.F 

Lieutenant (A.I.F):     1 February 1915 

Lieutenant (A.F.A):    16 June 1915 - 1 July 1915, 4^th F.A.B Orderly Officer, 30 September 1915  5 Howitzer Battery

                                    10 December 1915 22^nd Battery 1^st F.A.B A.I.F,  22 February 1916 4^th Division Artillery A.I.F

                                    9 March 1916 101^st (H) Battery 21^st Howitzer Brigade A.I.F 

Captain:          12 March 1916, 15 may 1916 101^st Howitzer Battery 1^st F.A.B A.I.F 

Major:             21 January 1917, 13 January 1918-10 March 1918 Commanded 1^st F.A.B A.I.F (Temporary)

17 March 1918 attended Senior Officers (R.H & R.F.A) School, 1 April 1918 – 9 June 1918 Commanded 1 Division Ammunition Column A.I.F

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel: 12 June 1918-29 August Commanded 1^st F.A.B A.I.F (Temporary) 

Major:             30 August 1918-3 October 1918 Commanded 1 Division Ammunition Column A.I.F,  20 February 1919 A.I.F Service Terminated 

Lieutenant (Honorary Major): 1919 

Major:             16 September 1920, 1 October 1921-31 July 1922 Commanded 1 Division Ammunition Column, Australian Field Artillery  

Lieutenant Colonel:    1 August 1922 – 14 January 1924 Commanded 9 A.F.A Brigade, 15 January 1924- 30 March 1926    Commanded 21 A.F.A Brigade,  31 March 1926-17 November 1929 Commanded 7 A.F.A  

Temporary Colonel:   18 November 1929 – 6 October 1932 Commanded 1^st Division Artillery  

Colonel:          7 October 1932 – 17 November 1935 Commanded 1^st Division Artillery, 18 November Unattached List  

Retired List:   3 August 1939 

Brigadier (Honorary): 17 February 1949 

Decorations:   D.S.O 25 April 1918 Anzac N E Ridge Westhoek Belguim on night of 28-29 October 1917

                        M.I.D 4 January 1917, 1 January 1918

                        V.D 7 April 1918 

Wounded:        12 May 1915, 10 August 1915 and 4 September 1915 all on Gallipoli, 5 November 1917 (Ypres) 

Occupation:     Accountant 

Died:               26 May 1958 Lindfield N.S.W