Brigadier
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John Edward Lloyd, (13 April 1894 – 24 December 1965) was a senior
Australian Army
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officer who fought in the
First
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and
Second World War
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s.
Lloyd was commissioned in the
Citizens Military Force
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in January 1914 and, following the outbreak of the
First World War
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, served at
Gallipoli and later on the
Western Front in France and Belgium. He was wounded during his service.
Lloyd held the rank of major in the
Australian Imperial Force when he was appointed a lieutenant on probation with the
British Indian Army on 25 March 1918. He was confirmed in his appointment on 25 March 1919. He was posted to the 2nd Battalion
35th Sikhs
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The regiment took part in the Siege of Malakand in 1897 and World War I. Durin ...
and appointed
adjutant. He was promoted captain on 15 September 1919. After the disbandment of the 2nd Battalion 35th Sikhs, Lloyd was posted to the 1st Battalion
30th Punjabis. The regiment was stationed in Lahore when he was appointed Staff Captain, Lahore District on 5 August 1921.
Lloyd retired from the Indian Army with a gratuity as a captain on 18 August 1922.
[April 1923 Indian Army List] He moved to
Western Australia
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and, after working as a farmer and administrative clerk, rejoined the Citizens Military Force in 1936.
From 1939 to 1940 he commanded the
16th Battalion
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, being reassigned to the
2/28th Battalion in 1940, which he led for two years in the
North African Campaign, before commanding the
16th Brigade from 1942 to 1943 in
New Guinea
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. At war's end, Lloyd led the 2nd Australian Prisoner of War Reception Group in the recovery and repatriation of 11,000 Australian
prisoners of war in
Southeast Asia
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.
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1894 births
1965 deaths
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