Harry Kenneth Dimoline

Harry Kenneth Dimoline
Born 1903
Died 1972 (aged 69)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Indian Army
Rank Brigadier
Commands held Royal Artillery, Indian 4th Infantry Division (1942 to 1944)
Indian 4th Infantry Division (Acting) (1944)
Royal Artillery, 47th (London) Infantry Division (1944)
Royal Artillery, Indian 17th Infantry Division (1944 to 1945)
Battles/wars North Africa Campaign
Italian Campaign
Burma Campaign
Awards CBE (1943)[1]
MBE (1938)[2]
DSO (1942)[3]
TD (date?)
CPM (1952)[4]
Mentioned in Despatches
(1941)[5]
(1945)[6]
(1946)[7]

Brigadier Harry Kenneth Dimoline CBE MBE DSO TD CPM (6 September? 1903–15 November 1972[8]) was an artillery officer in the British and British Indian Armies during World War II.

World War II

Dimoline held appointments during World War II as Brigadier, Commander Royal Artillery, in Indian 4th Infantry Division (in North Africa and Tunisia and also the Italian Campaign), 47th (London) Infantry Division (in the UK) and Indian 17th Infantry Division in Burma. He was acting commander of the Indian 4th Infantry Division during the second Battle of Monte Cassino.

Post-war

Dimoline served as Honorary Superintendent (police) Auxiliary Police, Federation of Malaya,[4] during the Malayan Emergency.

Career summary

Personal

His elder brother was Major-General William Alfred Dimoline

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 36261. p. 5171. 23 November 1943. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34518. p. 3694. 7 June 1938. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 35697. p. 3948. 8 September 1942. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  4. 1 2 The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39421. p. 35. 28 December 1951. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 35396. pp. 7339–7342. 26 December 1941. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36886. pp. 315–316. 9 January 1945. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  7. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37558. pp. 2208–2209. 7 May 1946. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 45846. p. 14701. 8 December 1972. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  9. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32662. p. 2796. 4 April 1922. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  10. The London Gazette: no. 32881. p. 7949. 20 November 1923. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  11. The London Gazette: no. 33181. p. 4543. 9 July 1926. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  12. The London Gazette: no. 33203. p. 6099. 21 September 1926. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  13. The London Gazette: no. 33727. p. 3394. 19 June 1931. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  14. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34622. p. 3001. 5 May 1939. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  15. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36908. p. 565. 23 January 1945. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  16. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37459. p. 854. 5 February 1946. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  17. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38405. p. 5044. 14 September 1948. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  18. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39146. p. 781. 9 February 1951. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  19. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42456. p. 6541. 5 September 1961. Retrieved 2007-11-29.

References

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