David Whitehead (Australian Army officer)

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David Adie Whitehead
Whitehead (right) with General Sir Thomas Blamey on Tarakan, 8 May 1945
Nickname(s)"Torpy"
Born(1896-09-30)30 September 1896
Leith, Scotland
Died23 October 1992(1992-10-23) (aged 96)
Kew, Australia
AllegianceAustralia
Service / branchAustralian Army
Years of service1913–1954
RankBrigadier
Service numberNX376
Commands2nd 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
AwardsCommander 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 workCombustion 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.

  1. ^ "Australian Military Forces". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. 18 December 1947. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Australian Military Forces". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. 22 January 1953. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. ^ "No. 36972". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 March 1945. p. 1298.
  4. ^ "No. 35715". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 1942. p. 4154.
  5. ^ "No. 35898". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 February 1943. p. 743.
  6. ^ "No. 30431". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 December 1917. p. 13185.
  7. ^ "No. 31109". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 January 1919. p. 314.