

LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAKE ELLWOOD DSC
3 DECEMBER 2006 ~ 31 DECEMBER 2008
"LT COL (Jake)
Ellwood graduated to the Royal Australian
Infantry Corps in 1990. He has since served
in a number of Regimental appointments
within 2/4 RAR and 5/7 RAR. His
instructional postings have included
appointments as Training Officer, Deakin
University Company and Field Training and
Tactics Instructor at RMC.
He was posted to Germany in 1998 on a
two-year exchange with the Irish Guards,
during which time he served as 21C of an
armoured infantry company.
In 1999 he saw operational service with the
King's Royal Hussars Battle Group in the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
and Kosovo during the air campaign and land
deployment respectively. He was awarded a
Commander British Forces Commendation in
recognition of his service. LT COL Ellwood
commanded B Coy, 5/7 RAR on operations in
East Timor in 2000. After completing
Australian Command and Staff College, LT COL
Ellwood served as the Brigade Major of the
1st Brigade for which he received a
Divisional Commander's Commendation. LT COL
Ellwood subsequently served as the Director
Reserves-Army at AHQ prior to assuming
command of 5RAR. This occurred at the
unlinking ceremony of 5/7RAR on 3
December 2006.
LT COL Ellwood commanded the third rotation
of the Overwatch Battle Group
(West)OBG(W)-3) on operations in southern
Iraq in 2007. OBG(W)-3 was a combined
infantry/armour battlegroup consisting
primarily of subunits from 5RAR and 2
Cavalry Regiment. He also commanded the
fifth rotation of the Timor Leste Battle
Group (TLBG 5) in East Timor in 2008 prior
to handing over command of the Battalion to
LTCOL Huxley in East Timor on 31 December
2008. Jake handed over command of 5RAR
during his second operational tour as CO
5RAR.
In 2009,
LTCOL Jake Ellwood was awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross (DSC) for distinguished command & leadership in
action as the Commander of Rotation Three of the
Overwatch Battle Group-West during Op Catalyst In Iraq.
This was mainly the 5RAR Battle Group Tiger that he
commanded.
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