Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 12/03/1914
- Date of Discharge
- 19/06/1951
- Place of Enlistment
- Duntroon ACT
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 19/06/1896
- Place of Birth
- Goondah NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Soldier
- Next of Kin
- Robert Marlan (son)
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 14 (NP10257, QX6175)
- Final Rank
- Colonel
- Final Unit
- HQ S Command
Notes
Marlan was a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon (in 1916) and served in World War 1. He commanded the 2/15 Battalion during World War 2 in North Africa during the 'Benghazi Handicap'. He was captured at El Gazala on 7 April 1941 as the AIF retreated to Tobruk and became a prisoner of war at Sulmona, Italy. He was mentioned in despatches for his work while a POW. Marlan died on 9 September 1957 at Heidelberg, Victoria.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
NAA RecordSearch - Series B883 (Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947)
Chester Wilmot, 'Tobruk 1941', 1944 (p.94)
The Canberra Times - 30 June 1941
Robert Marlan. NAA service file.