serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
1914 -- 1942 australian army 29th -lrb- 1930 -- 1934 -rrb- 4th infantry brigade -lrb- 1934 battalion -- 1940 -rrb- 23rd brigade -lrb- 1940 -- 1942 -rrb- -lrb- 1929 -- 1930 -rrb- 29th/22nd battalion south yarra , victoria 02 may 1944 south yarra , victoria australia commonwealth of australia 5th battalion -lrb- 1914 -- 1916 -rrb- commander service order of the order of the british empire distinguished world war i 23 december 1888 box hill , victoria brigadier edmund lind -lrb- medical officer -rrb-
 edmund frank lind
edmund lind -lrb- medical officer -rrb-

brigadier edmund frank lind cbe , dso -lrb- 23 december 1888 -- 2 may 1944 -rrb- was an australian medical practitioner and soldier .
lind was born in south yarra to bank manager edmund frank lind and emily margaret , `` née '' harris , and educated at camberwell grammar school .
he attended the university of melbourne and received a bachelor of medicine , bachelor of surgery in 1914 , subsequently practising in williamstown .
on 20 august 1914 he enlisted in the australian imperial force , retaining the rank of captain he had achieved in the melbourne university rifles in 1910 .
he was posted as regimental medical officer to the 5th battalion , and his criticisms of training conditions in egypt were heeded .
he arrived at gallipoli on 28 may 1915 , having been delayed by a fractured skull from a fall in april .
following the 5th battalion 's extensive campaign in turkey , it was sent to egypt on 11 december .
lind , who transferred to the 8th field ambulance on 2 april 1916 , was promoted temporary major on 8 june and sailed for france , serving in the battle of fromelles before joining the 9th field ambulance training in england .
he was promoted full major on 14 november .
returning to france on 23 november , lind was involved in the battle of messines in june 1917 as a medical officer and on 22 august was appointed deputy assistant director of medical services -lrb- dadms -rrb- for the ii anzac corps , serving at broodseinde and passchendaele .
appointed dadms for the 4th division on 11 january 1918 he served at the battle of hamel in july and was promoted temporary lieutenant colonel in september .
his aif appointment was ended in march 1919 ; he had been awarded the distinguished service order and was twice mentioned in dispatches .
on 23 june 1920 at st paul 's cathedral in melbourne , lind married beulah rotterdale mcminn .
he practised medicine in brighton and rejoined the melbourne university rifles , which he commanded from 1921 to 1926 .
in 1926 he became a staff officer on 4th division headquarters of the australian military forces , and in 1929 was given command of the 29th and then the 29/22nd battalions , and in 1934 the 4th infantry brigade .
promoted colonel in 1936 and brigadier in 1938 , lind led the australian military contingent to king george vi 's coronation in 1937 .
lind was appointed commander of the order of the british empire and commander of the 23rd brigade in july 1940 and deployed to the northern territory , where it was dispersed , with one battalion sent to rabaul , another to ambon and a third to dutch timor .
lind 's protestations led him to lose favour with general staff , and lind , instead of commanding the sparrow force in timor , was left to defend 28 miles of coastline near darwin .
concern at the 1942 air raids and a general replacement of officers led lind to be removed from command in march and retired in july .
in 1943 lind was appointed inaugural chairman of the services and citizens party and ran unsuccessfully for henty in the 1943 federal election .
he died of a heart attack in 1944 at south yarra and was buried in box hill .
