Frank Berryman

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Sir Frank Horton Berryman , KCVO , CB , CBE , DSO (born April 11, 1894 in Geelong , Victoria ; † May 28, 1981 in Rose Bay , New South Wales ) was an Australian officer in the Australian Army , who served among other things during the Second world war II as a lieutenant general from 1944 to 1945 chief of staff at Advanced headquarters Allied land forces in the South West Pacific ( South West Pacific area ) was, and most recently from 1952 to 1953 commander in chief of the army command East.

Life

First World War and the interwar period

Frank Horton Berryman trained as an officer in the Australian Army and took part in the First World War on the French Western Front during the Battle of the Somme (July 1 to November 18, 1916) at the Battle of Pozières (July 23 to September 3, 1916 ) part. During the Battle of Arras (April 9 to May 16, 1917) and the Third Battle of Flanders (July 31 to November 6, 1917) he was chief of the 18th Field Artillery Battery . On April 7, 1918, he was mentioned in the war report (Mentioned in dispatches) . During the Hundred Day Offensive (August 8, 1918 to November 11, 1918), which ended with the Compiègne Armistice , he was chief of the 14th Field Artillery Battery . On November 8, 1918, he was mentioned again in the war report. As a member of the 5th Artillery Brigade, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on January 1, 1919 .

On October 7, 1930, he was promoted as a member of the Australian Staff Corps with retroactive effect to March 1, 1923 to captain and awarded the brevet rank of major. He was between April 4, 1934 and July 31, 1938 General Staff Officer for operations in the Army Headquarters and received the rank of lieutenant colonel on May 12, 1937 in this position. After his promotion to lieutenant colonel on July 1, 1938, he was assistant director for military operations at the Army Headquarters from August 1 to December 7, 1938, and subsequently General Staff Officer 1 of the 3rd Infantry Division between December 8, 1938 and April 3, 1940 (3rd Australian Infantry Division) .

Second World War

After Frank Berryman on April 4, 1940 Colonel (Colonel) had been promoted, it was during the Second World War on April 3, 1940 to January 24, 1941 General Staff Officer 1 of the 6th Infantry Division (6th Australian Infantry Division) and was in this Use on December 14, 1940 also promoted to Brigadier General (Brigadier) . Between December 14, 1940 and August 2, 1941 he acted as commander of the artillery units ( Royal Artillery ) of the 7th Australian Infantry Division deployed in Syria and was during this time in the Syrian-Lebanese campaign (June 8 to July 14, 1941) also commander of the Berryforce named after him . For his services in the Middle East , he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on July 8, 1941 . He was also from August 3, 1941 to April 5, 1942 Brigadier General in the General Staff of the I Corps (I Australian Corps) deployed in the Middle East and Java .

Then Frank Horton Berryman between April 5 and 13 September 1942 was Major General of the General Staff of the 1st Army (1st Australian Army) and got in this position on April 6, 1942 the temporary rank of major general (Temporary Major-General) awarded before his promotion to the September 1, 1942 major General (major-General) was carried out. He then acted as the successor to Major General George Alan Vasey from September 14, 1942 to January 20, 1944 as Deputy Chief of the General Staff. After January 21, 1944 Lieutenant General (Lieutenant-General) had been promoted, he served between 11 December 1942 and 26 February 1943, and again from 13 August 1943 to 20 January 1944 as a major general in the General Staff of the of Australian soldiers and from local members of the Territory of Papua and Territory of New Guinea existing New Guinea Force . There he was at the same time, succeeding Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead from 7 November 1943 until Acting Commanding General (Acting General Officer Commanding ) and after between 21 January and 12 April 1944 Commanding General of II. Corps (II Australian Corps ) , whereupon Lieutenant General Stanley Savige succeeded him. During this time he took part in the Battle of the Huon Peninsula (September 22, 1943 to March 1, 1944). He himself in turn replaced Lieutenant General Stanley Savige on April 13, 1944 as commanding general of the I. Corps and remained in this position until he was replaced by Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead on July 23, 1944. Most recently, on July 24, 1944, he took over the post as chief of the rod in the extended headquarters Allied ground forces in the Southwest Pacific area ( South West Pacific area ) . In this capacity he took part in the reconquest of the Philippines (October 20, 1944 to September 2, 1945). For his services there he was on March 8, 1945 Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). At the end of the Second World War he also took part in Operation Oboe (May 1, 1945 to August 15, 1945) to liberate Borneo from the Japanese .

post war period

After the end of the Second World War, Lieutenant General Berryman was from October 12 to December 12, 1945, initially for a short time Chief of the General Staff in the Extended Headquarters of the Army (Australian Military Force) and then between December 13, 1945 and March 3, 1946, Chief of the Staff of the troops on Morotai , the so-called Morotai Force . He then acted from March 4, 1946 to 1950 in personal union as General Officer Commander in Chief, Eastern Command and as District Officer Commanding, 2nd Military District . For his services in the Western Pacific he was mentioned again on November 2, 1946 in the war report.

Most recently, from 1952 until his retirement in 1953, Frank Berryman was again Commander in Chief of Army Command East. On April 1, 1954, he was finally beaten Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) and has since had the suffix "Sir".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 30706, HMSO, London, May 24, 1918, p. 6201 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2019, English).
  2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 31089, HMSO, London, December 27, 1918, p. 15225 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2019, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 31092, HMSO, London, December 31, 1918, p. 21 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2019, English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33650, HMSO, London, October 7, 1930, p. 6095 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2019, English).
  5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33792, HMSO, London, January 22, 1932, p. 487 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2019, English).
  6. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 35209, HMSO, London, July 4, 1941, p. 3881 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2019, English).
  7. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36972, HMSO, London, March 6, 1945, p. 1297 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2019, English).
  8. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 37898, HMSO, London, March 4, 1947, p. 1091 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2019, English).
  9. ↑ London Gazette . No. 40159, HMSO, London, April 27, 1954, p. 2500 ( PDF , accessed March 4, 2019, English).
  10. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
personal data
SURNAME Berryman, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berryman, Sir Frank Horton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Geelong , Victoria
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1981
Place of death Rose Bay , New South Wales