List of Australian Army generals
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The following is a list of Australians who have attained general officer rank in the Australian Army; that is, officers who have held the rank of field marshal (five-star rank), general (four-star rank), lieutenant general (three-star rank), major general (two-star rank) or brigadier general (one-star rank). The Commonwealth Military Forces were established on 1 March 1901, following the Federation of Australia, as Australia's ground forces. The service was reorganised and re-titled as the Australian Military Forces in 1916 and then to the Australian Army in 1980. Major Downes, commandant of the military forces in Victoria in 1901 and a retired British Army major general, saw his British Army rank reciprocated in the Commonwealth Military Forces; he thus became the first person to attain general officer rank in the Australian forces.
The number of general officers swelled during the First World War, as Australia committed five infantry and the core of two mounted divisions to the war effort. In 1917, on assuming command of the Desert Column, Sir Harry Chauvel became simultaneously the first Australian to command a corps and the first to be promoted to lieutenant general. Chauvel was made Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the Australian Military Forces, post-war and—alongside Sir John Monash—was in 1929 the first officer to be promoted to full general. The Australian Military Forces again mushroomed during the Second World War, peaking at eleven infantry and three armoured divisions. In recognition of his service as Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces during the war, Sir Thomas Blamey was promoted to field marshal in 1950. He remains the only non-royal to attain the substantive rank of field marshal in the Australian Army. A further twelve officers have achieved the rank of general, 47 lieutenant general, and at least 264 major general, while a further 31 achieved brigadier general before the rank was abolished and replaced by the senior officer (non-general) rank of brigadier in the 1920s. Eleven officers have additionally retired with the honorary rank of lieutenant general, and 29 as honorary major generals.
Field marshals
This along with the + (plus) indicates that the officer was granted the honorary rank of field marshal in the Australian Army.
| Name | Born | Died | Date promoted | Senior command(s) or appointment(s) in rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood+ | 1865 | 1951 | 20 March 1925 | [Note 1] | [1] |
| Sir Thomas Blamey | 1884 | 1951 | 8 June 1950 | Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces and Commander of Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area (1942–45) | [2] |
| Charles III+ | 1948 | — | 19 October 2024 | King of Australia (2022–) | [3] |
| George VI | 1895 | 1952 | 2 June 1938 | King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth (1936–52) | [4] |
| Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | 1921 | 2021 | 1 April 1954 | Prince Consort of Elizabeth II (1947–2021) | [5] |
Generals
- A dash (—) in the "Died" column indicates that the person is still living.
This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the general is still a serving member of the Australian Army.
The rank of general is the most senior active rank in the Australian Army. Only the five-star rank of field marshal is higher, but it is reserved for exceptional circumstances and only Sir Thomas Blamey (1950) has attained the rank in a non-ceremonial capacity. There are currently no appointments in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) at the five-star level. With the current structure of the ADF, the rank of general is held only when an officer of the Australian Army is appointed as Chief of the Defence Force.
Generals of the Australian Army are as follows:
| Name | Born | Died | Date promoted | Senior command(s) or appointment(s) in rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Baker | 1936 | 2007 | 1995 | Chief of the Defence Force (1995–98) | [6] |
| Sir Phillip Bennett | 1928 | 2023 | 13 April 1984 | Chief of the Defence Force (1984–87) | [7] |
| Angus Campbell | — | July 2018 | Chief of the Defence Force (2018–24) | [8] | |
| Sir Harry Chauvel | 1865 | 1945 | 11 November 1929 | Inspector-in-Chief Volunteer Defence Corps (1940–45), Chief of General Staff (1923–30) | [9] |
| Sir Peter Cosgrove | 1947 | — | 2002 | Chief of the Defence Force (2002–05) | [10] |
| Peter Gration | 1932 | — | 1987 | Chief of the Defence Force (1987–93) | [11] |
| Sir Frank Hassett | 1918 | 2008 | 24 November 1975 | Chief of the Defence Force Staff (1976–77), Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (1975–76) | [12] |
| David Hurley | 1953 | — | 2011 | Chief of the Defence Force (2011–14) | [13] |
| Sir Arthur MacDonald | 1919 | 1995 | 21 April 1977 | Chief of the Defence Force Staff (1977–79) | [14] |
| Sir John Monash | 1865 | 1931 | 11 November 1929 | [Note 2] | [9] |
| Sir Brudenell White | 1876 | 1940 | 18 March 1940 | Chief of the General Staff (1920–23, 1940) | [16] |
| Sir John Wilton | 1910 | 1981 | 1 September 1968 | Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (1966–70) | [17] |
Lieutenant generals
- A dash (—) in the "Died" column indicates that the person is still living.
This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the lieutenant general is still a serving member of the Australian Army.
This along with the + (plus sign) indicates that the officer retired with the honorary rank of lieutenant general.
Lieutenant general is the highest permanent rank in the Australian Army. The rank of lieutenant general is always held by the Chief of Army, though is also held when an Australian Army officer is appointed as Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Chief of Joint Operations, Chief of Joint Capabilities, Chief of Defence Intelligence, Chief of Personnel or an equivalent position.
Lieutenant generals of the Australian Army are as follows:
| Name | Born | Died | Date promoted | Senior command(s) or appointment(s) in rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Bennett | 1887 | 1962 | 1 September 1942 | III Corps (1942–44) | [18] |
| Sir Frank Berryman | 1894 | 1981 | 1 October 1948 | Eastern Command (1946–53), I Corps (1944), II Corps (1943–44) | [19][20] |
| Rudolph Bierwirth | 1899 | 1993 | 13 October 1954 | British Commonwealth Forces Korea (1954–56) | [21] |
| Greg Bilton | 1965 | — | June 2019 | Chief of Joint Operations (2019–2024) | [22] |
| Allan Boase+ | 1894 | 1964 | 20 February 1951 | Southern Command (1949–51) | [23] |
| Sir William Bridgeford+ | 1894 | 1971 | 14 March 1953 | British Commonwealth Forces Korea (1951–53), Eastern Command (1951) | [24] |
| Sir Mervyn Brogan | 1915 | 1994 | 19 May 1971 | Chief of the General Staff (1971–73) | [25] |
| Richard Burr | 1964 | — | 2018 | Chief of Army (2018–22) | [26] |
| John Caligari | 1960 | — | 2014 | Chief Capability Development Group (2014–15) | [27] |
| Cyril Clowes+ | 1892 | 1968 | 1 June 1949 | [28] | |
| John Coates | 1932 | 2018 | 1990 | Chief of the General Staff (1990–92) | [29] |
| Susan Coyle* | 1970 | — | 2024 | Chief of Army (2026–), Chief of Joint Capabilities (2024–26) | [30] |
| Sir Thomas Daly | 1913 | 2004 | 19 May 1966 | Chief of the General Staff (1966–71) | [31] |
| Sir Donald Dunstan | 1923 | 2011 | 21 April 1977 | Chief of the General Staff (1977–82) | [32] |
| Hector Edgar | 1903 | 1978 | 23 March 1958 | Eastern Command (1960–63), Southern Command (1958–60) | [33] |
| Mark Evans | 1953 | — | 2008 | Chief of Joint Operations (2008–11) | [34] |
| Natasha Fox* | — | 5 June 2023 | Chief of Personnel (2023–) | [35] | |
| John Frewen | — | 2018 | Chief of Joint Capabilities (2021–2024), National COVID Vaccine Taskforce (2021–22), Principal Deputy Director Australian Signals Directorate (2018–21) | [36] | |
| Sir Ragnar Garrett | 1900 | 1977 | 16 December 1954 | Chief of the General Staff (1958–60), Southern Command (1954–58) | [37] |
| Ken Gillespie | 1952 | — | 2005 | Chief of Army (2008–11), Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2005–08) | [38] |
| John Grey | 1939 | — | 1992 | Chief of the General Staff (1992–95) | [39] |
| Sir Edmund Herring | 1892 | 1982 | 1 September 1942 | I Corps (1942–44), New Guinea Force (1942–43), II Corps (1942) | [18] |
| Frank Hickling | 1941 | — | 1998 | Chief of Army (1998–2000) | [40] |
| Sir Talbot Hobbs+ | 1864 | 1938 | 24 August 1927 | [41] | |
| Sir Carl Jess | 1884 | 1948 | 1 September 1942 | Chairman of the Manpower Committee (1939–44) | [42] |
| Sir John Lavarack | 1885 | 1957 | 13 October 1939 / 18 June 1941[Note 3] | First Army (1942–44), I Corps (1941–42), Southern Command (1939–40) | [44][45] |
| Peter Leahy | 1952 | — | 2002 | Chief of Army (2002–08) | [46] |
| George Lee+ | 1860 | 1939 | 13 May 1920 | [47] | |
| James Gordon Legge+ | 1863 | 1947 | 14 January 1924 | [48] | |
| Sir Iven Mackay | 1882 | 1966 | 1 September 1941 | New Guinea Force (1943–44), Second Army (1942–44), Home Forces (1941–42) | [49] |
| Sir James McCay+ | 1864 | 1930 | 21 December 1926 | [50] | |
| Michelle McGuinness* | — | 2024 | National Cyber Security Coordinator (2024–) | [51] | |
| Charles Miles | 1884 | 1958 | 1 September 1942 | Eastern Command (1940–41) | [52][18] |
| David Morrison | 1956 | — | 2011 | Chief of Army (2011–15) | [53] |
| Sir Leslie Morshead | 1889 | 1959 | 1 September 1942 | I Corps (1944–45), Second Army (1944), New Guinea Force (1944), II Corps (1943) | [19] |
| Desmond Mueller | 1943 | — | 2000 | Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2000–02) | [54] |
| Robert Nimmo+ | 1893 | 1966 | 15 November 1954 | United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (1952–66) | [55] |
| Sir John Northcott | 1890 | 1966 | 6 April 1942 | British Commonwealth Occupation Force (1946), Chief of the General Staff (1940, 1942–45) | [19] |
| Lawrence O'Donnell | 1933 | 2026 | 1987 | Chief of the General Staff (1987–90) | [56] |
| John William Parnell+ | 1860 | 1931 | 1 June 1920 | [47] | |
| Cheryl Pearce* | — | 2025 | UN Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations (2024–) | [57] | |
| Sir Reginald Pollard | 1903 | 1978 | 1 August 1957 | Chief of the General Staff (1960–63), Eastern Command (1957–60) | [58] |
| Ash Power | 1957 | — | 18 May 2011 | Chief of Joint Operations (2011–14) | [59] |
| Gavan Reynolds | — | 2020 | Chief of Defence Intelligence (2020–2024) | [60] | |
| Sir Horace Robertson | 1894 | 1960 | 1 October 1948 | Southern Command (1953–54), British Commonwealth Forces Korea (1951), British Commonwealth Occupation Force (1946–51), First Army (1945–46) | [20] |
| Sir Sydney Rowell | 1894 | 1975 | 1 October 1948[Note 4] | Chief of the General Staff (1950–54), Vice Chief of the General Staff (1946–50), I Corps (1942) | [61] |
| John Sanderson | 1940 | — | 1992 | Chief of Army (1995–98),[Note 5] Commander Joint Forces Australia (1993–95), Commander United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (1992–93) | [62] |
| Sir Stanley Savige | 1890 | 1954 | 10 February 1944 | II Corps (1944–45), New Guinea Force (1944), I Corps (1944) | [19][18] |
| Victor Secombe+ | 1897 | 1962 | 4 April 1954 | Northern Command (1952–54), Eastern Command (1951–52) | [63] |
| Edward Smart | 1891 | 1961 | 24 October 1940 | Southern Command (1940–42) | [19] |
| Ernest Squires | 1882 | 1940 | 30 June 1938 | Chief of the General Staff (1939–40), Inspector General of the Australian Army (1938–39) | [64] |
| Simon Stuart | — | 2022 | Chief of Army (2022–26) | [65] | |
| Sir Vernon Sturdee | 1890 | 1966 | 13 October 1939 | Chief of the General Staff (1940–42, 1946–50), First Army (1944–45) | [19] |
| Sir Henry Wells | 1898 | 1973 | 12 April 1954[Note 6] | Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (1958–59), Chief of the General Staff (1954–58), British Commonwealth Forces Korea (1953–54), Southern Command (1951–53) | [67] |
| John Whitham+ | 1881 | 1952 | 4 April 1946[Note 7] | Southern Command (1940) | [69] |
| Scott Winter* | — | 2026 | Deputy Commander, United Nations Command (2026–) | [70] | |
| Sir Eric Woodward | 1899 | 1967 | 30 October 1954 | Eastern Command (1953–57) | [71] |
| Henry Wynter | 1886 | 1945 | 6 April 1942 | Lieutenant General Administration at Allied Land Headquarters (1942–44), Eastern Command (1941–42) | [72] |
Major generals
- A dash (—) in the "Died" column indicates that the person is still living.
This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the major general is still a serving member of the Australian Army.
This along with the + (plus sign) indicates that the officer retired with the honorary rank of major general.
| Name | Born | Died | Date promoted | Senior command(s) or appointment(s) in rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Abigail | 1948 | — | December 1996 | Land Commander Australia (2000–02), Deputy Chief of Army (1998–00), Head Strategic Policy and Plans (1996–98) | [73] |
| Paul Alexander | — | 25 March 2008 | Commander Joint Health and Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force (2008–11) | [74] | |
| Arthur Allen | 1894 | 1959 | 14 August 1941 | Northern Territory Force (1943–44), 7th Division (1941–42) | [75] |
| John Andersen | 1912 | 1967 | 1 December 1963 | Adjutant-General (1966–67), 1st Division (1963–66) | [76] |
| Warren Anderson | 1894 | 1973 | 1 June 1949[Note 8] | Adjutant-General (1947–51) | [78] |
| John Antill+ | 1866 | 1937 | 26 January 1924 | [79] | |
| Peter Arnison | 1940 | — | 1991 | Land Commander Australia (1994–96), 1st Division (1991–94) | [80] |
| Mark Ascough* | — | 2025 | [81] | ||
| Donald Baldwin | 1924 | 1994 | 21 April 1977 | Chief of Personnel – Army (1977–81) | [82] |
| George Barber | 1968 | 1951 | 9 March 1927[Note 9] | Director-General of Medical Services (1925–34) | [84] |
| Lindley Barham | 1900 | 1995 | 25 May 1954 | Adjutant-General (1954–57), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1953–54) | [85] |
| Jim Barry | 1932 | — | 1985 | 3rd Division (1985–87) | [86] |
| Leslie Beavis | 1895 | 1975 | 1 September 1942 | Chairman of the New Weapons and Equipment Development Committee (1946–52), Master-General of the Ordnance (1942–46) | [87] |
| Donald Begg | 1924 | 2021 | 19 April 1974 | Logistics Command (1974–76) | [88] |
| Jason Blain* | — | 2022 | Head Land Systems (2023–), Head Armoured Vehicle Division (2022–23) | [89] | |
| David Blake | 1887 | 1965 | 1 September 1942 | Northern Territory Lines of Communication Area (1942) | [90] |
| Murray Blake | 1939 | — | December 1986 | Land Commander Australia (1990–94), Royal Military College, Duntroon (1987–90) | [91] |
| Andrew Bottrell | — | 2015 | Head Land Systems Division (2018–23), Commander Joint Agency Task Force Operation Sovereign Borders (2015–17) | [92] | |
| Mark Bradbury | 1922 | 1994 | 29 April 1974[Note 10] | Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1975–77), Chief of Materiel (1974–75), Chief of Operations (1973–74) | [94] |
| Charles Brand+ | 1873 | 1961 | 5 September 1933 | [95] | |
| Paul Brereton | 1957 | — | December 2010 | Cadet, Reserve and Employer Support Division (2010–14) | [96] |
| William Bridges | 1861 | 1915 | 15 August 1914 | General Officer Commanding Australian Imperial Force (1914–15), 1st Division (1914–15) | [97] |
| John Broadbent | 1914 | 2006 | 1 December 1963 | 2nd Division (1965–66), Communication Zone (1963–65) | [98] |
| Kurt Brown* | — | 2026 | Head Land Capability (2026–) | [99] | |
| Reginald Spencer Browne+ | 1856 | 1943 | 20 October 1921 | [100] | |
| Julius Bruche | 1873 | 1961 | 1 October 1923 | Chief of the General Staff (1931–35), Royal Military College, Duntroon (1931), Adjutant-General (1927–29), 1st Military District (1920–25) | [101] |
| Ross Buchan | 1935 | 2003 | 1987 | Training Command (1987–91) | [102] |
| Matt Burr* | — | 2024 | 2nd Division (2024–) | [103] | |
| James Burston+ | 1856 | 1920 | January 1920 | [104] | |
| Roy Burston | 1888 | 1960 | 16 February 1941 | Director General of Medical Services (1942–48) | [105] |
| Rolland Busch | 1920 | 1985 | 1968 | Chaplain-General (Uniting Church) (1979–81), Chaplain-General (Presbyterian) (1968–79) | [106] |
| David Butler | 1928 | 2020 | 1982 | Training Command (1982–84) | [107] |
| Cecil Callaghan | 1890 | 1967 | 1 September 1942 | AIF in Malaya (1942), 8th Division (1942) | [108] |
| Ian Ross Campbell | 1900 | 1997 | 13 September 1954 | Royal Military College, Duntroon (1954–57) | [71] |
| Kathryn Campbell | — | 2018 | 2nd Division (2018–21) | [109] | |
| Lawrence Canet | 1910 | 1996 | 25 April 1957 | Southern Command (1960–64), Master-General of the Ordnance (1957–60, 1964–65) | [110] |
| James Cannan | 1882 | 1976 | 1 September 1942 | Quartermaster General (1940–45), 2nd Division (1940) | [18] |
| John Cantwell | 1956 | — | 4 December 2006 | Joint Task Force 633 (2010–11), Chief of Operations, Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority (2009), Deputy Chief of Army (2007–08) | [111] |
| Timothy Cape | 1915 | 2003 | 24 February 1966[Note 11] | Chief of Materiel (1972), Master-General of the Ordnance (1968–72), Northern Command (1965–68) | [113] |
| Geoffrey Carter | 1941 | 2001 | 1992 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1992–95) | [114] |
| Shane Caughey | 1962 | — | 2013 | Director of Operations, United States Central Command (2016–18), Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (2013–15) | [115] |
| Grant Cavenagh | — | 2007 | Commander Joint Logistics (2010–13), Head Land Systems (2007–10) | [116] | |
| Dave Chalmers | 1958 | — | 28 June 2006 | Northern Territory Emergency Response Taskforce (2007–09), Head Information Capability Management Division (2006–07) | [117] |
| John Chapman | 1896 | 1963 | 1 September 1942 | Quartermaster General (1951–53), Central Command (1950–51), Army Representative on the Australian Military Mission, Washington (1946–50), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1944–46), Deputy-Adjutant and Quartermaster General (1942–44) | [118] |
| Michael Clifford | 1956 | 2017 | 2005 | Head of Information Capability Management (2005–06) | [119] |
| Adrian Clunies-Ross | 1933 | — | 26 March 1982 | Chief of Operations (1985–88), 1st Division (1984–85), Head of Australian Defence Staff in London (1982–84) | [120] |
| Andrew Clyne | 1907 | 1994 | 6 April 1961[Note 12] | Director-General of Medical Services (1960–67) | [122] |
| Ash Collingburn* | — | 2023 | 1st Division (2023–) | [123] | |
| Jim Connolly | 1944 | — | 1995 | Commander Australian Theatre (1997–99), Director Defence Intelligence Organisation (1995–96) | [124] |
| Kevin Cooke | 1931 | — | 1980 | Chief of the Army Reserve (1985–88), 3rd Division (1981–85) | [125] |
| Elizabeth Cosson | 1958 | — | November 2007 | Head Defence Support Operations (2007–10) | [126] |
| David Coghlan | 1963 | — | September 2013 | Head Armoured Vehicle Division (2019–22), Head Land Systems (2015–19), Senior Plans Officer, Headquarters International Security Assistance Force (2013–14) | [127] |
| James Courtney+ | 1864 | 1947 | 1 January 1923 | [128] | |
| Michael Cowen* | — | 2021 | Judge Advocate General (2021–) | [129] | |
| Charles Cox+ | 1863 | 1944 | 1 March 1923 | [130] | |
| Walter Coxen | 1870 | 1949 | 7 March 1927 | Chief of the General Staff (1930–31), Quartermaster General (1925–30) | [131] |
| Michael Crane | — | February 2008 | Joint Task Force 633 (2012–13), Special Projects Officer for the Chief of the Defence Force (2011–12), Deputy Director of Operations, United States Central Command (2009–10), Head Military Strategic Commitments (2008–10) | [132] | |
| Bill Crews | 1944 | — | 1993 | Director Defence Intelligence Organisation (1997–99), Assistant Chief Defence Force (Logistics), Assistant Chief of the General Staff – Material | [133] |
| Paul Cullen | 1909 | 2007 | 1 December 1961 | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1964–66), Communication Zone (1961–63) | [134] |
| George Cuscaden+ | 1857 | 1933 | 30 June 1921 | [135] | |
| Brian Dawson | 1954 | — | 2010 | Australian Military Representative to NATO and the European Union (2010–13) | [136] |
| Peter Day | 1935 | 2021 | 1984 | Australian Defence Force Academy (1987–90), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1985–86), Logistic Command (1984) | [Note 13][137] |
| Stephen Day | 1960 | — | 2012 | Head of Cyber and Information Security, Australian Signals Directorate (2013–15), Chief of Plans, ISAF Joint Command (2012–13) | [Note 14][138] |
| Derek Deighton | 1930 | 1991 | 1982 | Logistics Command (1985–87), Chief of Logistics – Army (1982–85) | [139] |
| Thomas Dodds | 1873 | 1943 | 1 May 1930 | Adjutant General (1929–34) | [140] |
| Ivan Dougherty | 1907 | 1998 | 1 July 1952 | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1954–57), 2nd Division (1952–54) | [141] |
| Major Downes | 1834 | 1923 | 1901[Note 15] | Commandant of the Military Forces in Victoria (1899–1902) | [Note 16][142] |
| Rupert Downes | 1885 | 1945 | 1 August 1935 | Director of Medical Services, Second Army (1942–44), Inspector General of Medical Services (1941–42), Director-General of Medical Services (1934–41) | [Note 17][143] |
| David Drabsch | 1931 | 2021 | 8 August 1980 | 1st Division (1981–84) | [144] |
| Edmund Drake-Brockman | 1884 | 1949 | 1 July 1937 | 3rd Division (1937–42) | [145] |
| Kevin Duggan | 1941 | — | 1996 | Judge Advocate General (1996–01) | [146] |
| Ana Duncan* | — | 2023 | Commander Forces Command (2025–), Commander Cyber Command (2023–25) | [147] | |
| Peter Dunn | 1947 | — | 1996 | Head of the Defence Personnel Executive (1997–00), Military Head of the Defence Efficiency Review Secretariat (1996–97) | [148] |
| Francis Durham | 1885 | 1957 | 1 September 1942[Note 18] | 1st Division (1942–43), 4th Division (1940–42) | [18] |
| James Durrant | 1885 | 1963 | 13 October 1939 | Queensland Lines of Communication Area (1942–44), Northern Command (1941–42), Western Command (1939–41) | [150] |
| Lewis Dyke | 1900 | 1984 | 30 October 1954 | Western Command (1954–57) | [151] |
| William Eames+ | 1863 | 1956 | 1 August 1921 | [152] | |
| Kenneth Eather | 1901 | 1993 | 26 July 1945 | 11th Division (1945–46) | [153] |
| Harold Elliott | 1878 | 1931 | 24 August 1927 | 3rd Division (1927–31) | [154] |
| Jake Ellwood | 1970 | — | 2018 | Queensland State Recovery Coordinator (2022), 1st Division (2018–21), Deputy Chief of Army (2018) | [155] |
| David Engel | 1927 | 2005 | 1 June 1976[Note 19] | Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1982–83), Chief of Materiel – Army (1975–82) | [156] |
| Peter Falkland | 1925 | 1990 | 1 June 1976 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1979–82), Head of Australian Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. (1976–79) | [156] |
| Rodney Fay | 1933 | 1998 | 1985 | Assistant Chief of the General Staff – Army Reserve (1988–90), 2nd Division (1985–88) | [158] |
| Richard Fetherston+ | 1864 | 1943 | 8 August 1921 | [159] | |
| David Ferguson | 1941 | — | 1994 | Force Commander, Multinational Force and Observers (1994–97) | [160] |
| Albert Fewtrell | 1885 | 1950 | 1 September 1942 | New South Wales Lines of Communication Area (1942–43), 1st Division (1940–41) | [18] |
| Chris Field | — | 20 November 2017 | Assistant to the Chief of the Defence Force (2022–23), Deputy Commanding General – Operations, United States Army Central (2020–22), Commander Forces Command (2019–20), Vice Director of Operations and Plans, United States Central Command (2017–19) | [161] | |
| Adam Findlay | — | 29 June 2017 | Special Operations Command (2017–21) | [162] | |
| Charles Finlay | 1910 | 1997 | 9 September 1957 | Royal Military College, Duntroon (1962–68), Quartermaster-General (1957–62) | [163] |
| Arthur Fittock | 1939 | — | 9 September 1957 | Head of Australian Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. (c. 1993–95), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1992), 1st Division (1988–91) | [164] |
| Gordon Fitzgerald | 1934 | 2015 | January 1984 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1986–90), Chief of Personnel (1984–86) | [165] |
| Ian Flawith | — | 2006 | 2nd Division (2006–09) | [166] | |
| Gerard Fogarty | — | 2011 | Head People Capability (2011–14) | [167] | |
| Tim Ford | 1945 | — | 1996 | Chief Military Adviser, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (2000–02), Chief of Staff, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (1998–00), 1st Division (1996–98) | [168] |
| John Forsyth+ | 1867 | 1928 | 9 February 1925 | [169] | |
| Duncan Francis | 1937 | 2004 | 1985 | Chief of Material (1985–91) | [170] |
| Colin Fraser | 1918 | 2001 | 1968 | Logistic Command (1973–74), Southern Command (1971–73), Commander Australian Force Vietnam (1970–71), Royal Military College, Duntroon (1968–70) | [171] |
| Tony Fraser | 1958 | — | 25 August 2006 | Head Helicopter Systems Division (2006–10) | [172] |
| Andrew Freeman | — | 2020 | Head of Australian Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. (2020–23) | [173] | |
| Craig Furini | — | 2018 | Commander Joint Agency Task Force Operation Sovereign Borders (2018–20) | [174] | |
| Frederick Galleghan+ | 1897 | 1971 | 10 December 1948 | Head of the Australian Military Mission to Germany (1948–49) | [175] |
| Gregory Garde | 1949 | — | 2001 | Assistant Chief of the Defence Force (Reserves) and Head Reserve Policy (2001–04) | [176] |
| Mick Garraway* | — | 2024 | Force Commander, Multinational Force and Observers (2024–) | [177] | |
| Sir John Gellibrand | 1872 | 1945 | 30 June 1918 | 3rd Division (1918–22) | [178] |
| Peter "Gus" Gilmore | 1962 | — | 2010 | Military Strategic Commitments Division (2016–19), Commander Forces Command (2015–16), Deputy Chief of Army (2013–15), Special Operations Command (2011–13) | [179] |
| Sir William Glasgow | 1876 | 1955 | 30 June 1918 | 4th Division (1921), 1st Division (1918–19) | [180] |
| Warren Glenny | 1935 | 2023 | 1990 | 2nd Division (1991–94), 3rd Division (1990–91) | [181] |
| Ian Gordon | 1952 | — | 2001 | Chief of Staff, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (2006–08), Deputy Chief of Army (2004–06), Training Command – Army (2002–04), Deputy Force Commander, United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (2001–02) | [182] |
| Roy Gordon | 1907 | 1996 | 1 December 1960 | 3rd Division (1960–63) | [183] |
| Stephen Golding | 1944 | 2022 | March 1994 | Chief of the Army Reserve (1994–98) | [184] |
| Joseph Maria Gordon+ | 1856 | 1929 | 1921 | [185] | |
| Garth Gould* | — | 2024 | Special Operations Command (2024–) | [186] | |
| Warren Gould* | — | 2023 | Head of Cyber Operations Division (2023–) | [89] | |
| Steve Gower | 1940 | — | 1995 | Training Command – Army (1995–96) | [187] |
| Stuart Graham | 1920 | 1996 | 1969 | 1st Division (1973–74), Northern Command (1972–73), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1969–72) | [188] |
| Kenneth Green | 1917 | 1987 | 2 August 1971[Note 20] | 3rd Division (1970–73) | [190] |
| Ron Grey | 1930 | 2022 | 1978 | Field Forces Command (1980–83), Chief of Operations – Army (1978–80) | [191] |
| Harold Grimwade | 1869 | 1949 | 1 July 1927 | 4th Division (1926–30) | [192] |
| Colin Gurner | 1919 | 2006 | 1 July 1967 | Surgeon General Defence Force (1977–79), Joint Services Medical Advisor (1975–77), Director-General of Army Health Services (1974–75), Director-General of Medical Services (1967–74) | [193] |
| Peter Haddad | 1947 | — | 2002 | Joint Logistics Command (c. 2003–05) | [194] |
| David Hafner* | 1974 | — | 2024 | Aviation Command (2024–) | [195] |
| Matthew Hall | — | December 2016 | Australian Military Representative to NATO and the European Union (2022–24), Director Defence Intelligence Organisation (2016–21) | [196] | |
| Heathcote Hammer | 1905 | 1961 | 2 July 1957[Note 21] | 3rd Division (1956–59) | [198] |
| John Hardie+ | 1882 | 1956 | 20 March 1942 | [Note 22][201] | |
| Hugh Harlock | 1900 | 1981 | 3 May 1954 | Northern Command (1954–57) | [202] |
| James Harrison | 1912 | 1971 | 2 September 1959[Note 23] | Eastern Command (1966–68), Adjutant-General (1963–66), Quartermaster-General (1962–63), Chairman, Joint Planning Committee (1960–62), Western Command (1957–59) | [204] |
| John Hartley | 1943 | — | 1991 | Land Commander Australia (1998–00), Deputy Chief of Army (1995–98), Director Defence Intelligence Organisation (1992–95), Training Command (1991–92) | [205] |
| Bob Hay | 1920 | 1998 | 4 December 1968[Note 24] | Royal Military College, Duntroon (1973–77), 1st Division (1970), Australian Forces Vietnam (1969–70), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1967–69) | [206][207] |
| William Henderson | 1919 | 1995 | 1 June 1973[Note 25] | Training Command (1973–76), 1st Division (1971–73) | [208][209] |
| Mike Hindmarsh | 1956 | — | 2004 | Training Command – Army (2009), Joint Task Force 633 (2008–09), Special Operations Command (2004–08) | [210] |
| Sir John Hoad | 1856 | 1911 | 1 January 1907 | Chief of the General Staff (1909–11), Inspector-General of the Military Forces (1907–09) | [211] |
| Andrew Hocking | — | 2020 | Project Lead – Afghanistan NEO Review (2022–23), Deputy Coordinator – Operations, National Recovery and Resilience Agency (2021–22), Deputy National Bushfire Recovery Coordinator (2020–21) | [212] | |
| Barry Hockney | 1930 | 2024 | 3 August 1981 | Royal Military College, Duntroon (1984–87), Chief of Personnel – Army (1981–84) | [213] |
| Clifton Hoeben | 1947 | — | 1997 | 2nd Division (1997–00) | [214] |
| William Holmes | 1862 | 1917 | 1 January 1917 | 4th Division (1917) | [215] |
| Ronald Hopkins | 1897 | 1990 | 21 September 1950 | Royal Military College, Duntroon (1951–54) | [216] |
| Brian Howard | 1938 | 2024 | 1987 | Director-General Natural Disasters Organisation (1987–89) | [217] |
| Sir Neville Howse | 1863 | 1930 | 1 January 1917[Note 26] | Director General of Medical Services (1921–22), Director of AIF Medical Services (1915–20) | [219] |
| Frederic Hughes+ | 1858 | 1944 | 1 March 1920 | [220] | |
| James Curnow Hughes | 1929 | 2016 | 19 June 1978 | Controller of Establishments (1978–84) | [Note 27][221] |
| Ronald Lawrence Hughes | 1920 | 2003 | 15 June 1971[Note 28] | Chief of the Reserve (1975–77), 1st Division (1974–75), Director, Joint Staff (1971–74) | [Note 29][224] |
| Godfrey Irving+ | 1867 | 1937 | 25 November 1925 | [225] | |
| Robert Jackson | 1886 | 1948 | 1 July 1940 | Western Command (1941–42), 5th Military District (1941–42), Northern Command (1940–41), 1st Military District (1940–41) | [Note 30][226] |
| William James | 1930 | 2015 | 1 January 1982 | Director-General Army Health Services (1982–84) | [227] |
| Michael Jeffery | 1937 | 2020 | 1985 | Assistant Chief of the General Staff for Materiel (1991–93), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1990–91), 1st Division (1986–88) | [228] |
| Stephen Jobson | — | 2021 | Aviation Command (2021–24) | [229] | |
| George Johnston | 1868 | 1949 | 1 October 1923 | 3rd Division (1922–27) | [230] |
| Colin Karotam* | — | 2020 | Commander Defence Signals Intelligence and Cyber Command (2025–), First Assistant Director-General Expeditionary and Transnational Intelligence (2023–24), Head of Military Strategic Plans (2020–22) | [89] | |
| Michael Keating | 1945 | — | June 1994 | Head Strategic Command (1999–00), Training Command (1996–99), 1st Division (1992–96) | [231] |
| John Keldie | 1934 | 2001 | 1988 | 2nd Division (1988–91) | [232] |
| John Kelly | 1929 | — | 1979 | Field Force Command (1983–84), 1st Division (1979–81) | [233] |
| Mark Kelly | 1956 | — | 2004 | Joint Task Force 633 (2009–10), Land Command (2005–08), 1st Division (2004–05) | [234] |
| Roy Kendall+ | 1897 | 1963 | 2 November 1952 | [235] | |
| Paul Kenny | — | 2020 | Special Operations Command (2020–24) | [236] | |
| Donald Kerr | 1910 | 1985 | 1 December 1962 | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1962–64) | [237] |
| Jeremy King* | — | 2022 | Head Joint Aviation Systems Division (2023–), Head Land Capability (2022–23) | [89] | |
| Roy King+ | 1897 | 1959 | 17 March 1952[Note 31] | Central Command (1952–54), Northern Command (1951–52), Principal Administrative Officer, British Commonwealth Forces in Japan and Korea (1951) | [238] |
| Frank Kingsley Norris | 1893 | 1984 | 15 September 1949[Note 32] | Director-General of Medical Services (1948–55) | [240] |
| Keith Kirkland | 1930 | 1999 | 1983 | [241] | |
| Robert Knights | 1912 | 1975 | 6 April 1961[Note 33] | Southern Command (1966–69), Quartermaster-General (1963–66), Chairman, Joint Planning Committee (1962–63), Royal Military College, Duntroon (1960–62), Western Command (1959–60), Head Australian Joint Services Staff in the United Kingdom (1958–59) | [242][243] |
| Michael Krause | — | 2011 | Deputy Chief of Staff – Plans, Headquarters International Security Assistance Force (2011–12) | [244] | |
| Douglas Laidlaw* | — | 2021 | Head Joint Support Services Division (2021–) | [89] | |
| Kevin Latchford | 1927 | 2013 | 23 February 1981 | Director General National Disaster Organisation (1981–84) | [245] |
| Stanley Legge | 1900 | 1977 | 12 April 1954[Note 34] | Master-General of the Ordnance (1954–57), Quartermaster-General (1954–54) | [Note 35][247] |
| Duncan Lewis | 1953 | — | 19 December 2002 | Special Operations Command (2002–04) | [248] |
| Charles Lloyd | 1899 | 1956 | 1 September 1942 | Adjutant General (1943–46) | [249][250] |
| Herbert Lloyd | 1883 | 1957 | 1 September 1942[Note 36] | Second Army (1945), 1st Division (1943–45), Director-General of Recruiting (1941), 2nd Division (1940–43) | [149][18] |
| William Locke+ | 1894 | 1962 | 18 December 1947 | [251] | |
| Charles Long | 1914 | 1980 | 8 February 1965[Note 37] | Adjutant-General (1968–70), Master-General of the Ordnance (1966–68), Head Australian Joint Services Staff in the United States (1964–66) | [252][253] |
| Darryl Low Choy | 1947 | — | 15 December 1997 | Assistant Chief of the Defence Force (Reserves) (1998–2001), Assistant Chief of Army (Reserves) (1997–98) | [254] |
| Denis Luttrell | 1942 | — | 1991 | Assistant Chief of the Defence Force (Reserves) (1994–98), Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Reserves) (1991–94) | [255] |
| Denzil MacArthur-Onslow | 1904 | 1984 | 16 August 1955[Note 38] | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1958–60), 2nd Division (1954–57) | [Note 39][256] |
| James Macarthur-Onslow+ | 1867 | 1946 | 7 November 1925 | [Note 40][257] | |
| Kenneth Mackay+ | 1859 | 1935 | 1920 | [258] | |
| Kenneth Mackay | 1917 | 2004 | 1 May 1966[Note 41] | Field Force Command (1973–74), Eastern Command (1971–73), Quartermaster-General (1968–71), 1st Division (1967–68), Australian Force Vietnam (1966–67) | [259][260] |
| Daniel McDaniel | — | November 2018 | Deputy Commanding General – North, United States Army Pacific (2019–22) | [261] | |
| Bruce Alexander McDonald | 1925 | 1993 | 1 February 1975[Note 42] | Training Command (1977–82), 1st Division (1976–77), Chief of the Army Reserve (1974–76) | [262][263] |
| John MacDonald | 1919 | 1996 | 24 September 1974[Note 43] | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1974–77), 2nd Division (1973–74) | [265] |
| Stuart McDonald | 1912 | 1987 | 2 December 1966 | 3rd Division (1966–70) | [266] |
| David McLachlan | 1937 | — | January 1991 | Logistic Command (1991–94) | [267] |
| Gus McLachlan | — | 2012 | Commander Forces Command (2016–18), Head of Modernisation and Strategic Planning (2015–16), Head Joint Capability Coordination (2014), Deputy Chief of Staff – Plans, Headquarters International Security Assistance Force (2012–13) | [268] | |
| Paul McLachlan | — | 2012 | 1st Division (2015–18), Head Land Systems (2013–15) | [269] | |
| Maurie McNarn | 1957 | — | 2004 | Director Defence Intelligence Organisation (2005–09), Training Command – Army (2004) | [270] |
| John McNeill | 1921 | 2003 | 28 October 1974[Note 44] | Inspector-General of the Army Reserve (1977–78), Assistant Commander Logistic Command (1976–77), 3rd Division (1973–76) | [272] |
| Ronald McNicoll | 1906 | 1996 | 7 August 1957[Note 45] | Master-General of the Ordnance (1960–64), Central Command (1959–60), Controller of Design and Inspection, Department of Supply (1956–59) | [Note 46][274] |
| Tim McOwan | — | 2006 | Head of Australian Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. (2011–13), Special Operations Command (2008–11), Chief of Defence Force Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2006–08) | [275] | |
| Frederick Maguire | 1888 | 1953 | 26 March 1941 | Director-General of Medical Services (1941–42) | [276] |
| Gordon Maitland | 1926 | 2018 | 26 January 1976[Note 47] | Inspector-General of the Army Reserve (1978–82), 2nd Divisional Field Force Group (1976–78), 2nd Division (1974–76) | [277][278] |
| Steve Meekin | 1955 | — | 2007 | [279] | |
| Hugh Meggitt* | — | 2025 | Head Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (2025–) | [280] | |
| Greg Melick | 1949 | — | 2007 | Head of the Centenary of Anzac Planning Team (2011–18), Head of Cadet, Reserve and Employer Support Division (2007–11) | [281] |
| Edward Milford | 1894 | 1972 | 1 September 1942[Note 48] | Adjutant-General (1946–48), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1946), Morotai Force (1945–46), 7th Division (1944–46), 5th Division (1942–43), Master-General of the Ordnance (1941–42) | [Note 49][282] |
| Michael Milford | 1962 | — | 11 February 2011 | Head ICT Operations Division (2011–15) | [Note 50][283] |
| Robert Mohr | 1925 | 2003 | 26 July 1982 | Judge Advocate General (1985–87), Judge Advocate General – Army (1982–85) | [284] |
| Jim Molan | 1950 | 2023 | 1999 | Chief of Operations, Multi-National Force – Iraq (2004–05), Australian Defence College (2002–04), 1st Division (1999–02) | [285] |
| Newton Moore+ | 1870 | 1936 | 17 April 1930 | [286] | |
| Basil Morris | 1888 | 1975 | 1 September 1942[Note 51] | Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (1942–46), New Guinea Lines of Communication Area (1942), New Guinea Force (1942), 8th Military District (1941–42) | [18][288] |
| Alan Morrison | 1927 | 2008 | 20 December 1977 | Chief of Personnel (1981), Royal Military College, Duntroon (1977–81) | [Note 52][289] |
| David Mulhall | 1964 | — | 2014 | Commander Joint Logistics (2015–19), Joint Task Force 636 (2014–15), Deputy Chief of Staff – Support, Operation Resolute Support (2014–15) | [290] |
| Allan Murchison | 1917 | 2005 | 1 December 1967[Note 53] | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1970–74), 2nd Division (1966–68) | [292] |
| Ian Murdoch | 1910 | 1992 | 23 March 1958 | 1st Division (1960–63), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1958–60) | [Note 54][293] |
| John Murray | 1892 | 1951 | 1 September 1942[Note 55] | Northern Territory Force (1945–46), Rear Echelon, First Australian Army (1944–45), 4th Division (1942–44), 10th Division (1942), Newcastle Covering Force (1942) | [18][294] |
| Kevin Murray | 1929 | 1991 | 1 July 1978 | Chief of the Army Reserve (1982–85), 2nd Divisional Field Force Group (1978–82) | [295] |
| Charles New* | 1959 | — | 2019 | Surgeon-General of the Australian Defence Force Reserves (2019–) | [296] |
| James Norrie | 1922 | 2007 | March 1976 | Training Command – Army (1976–77) | [297] |
| Gregory Novak* | — | 2023 | Commander Space Command (2023–) | [298] | |
| Barry Nunn | — | 1987 | Chief of the Army Reserve (1990–91), 3rd Division (1987–90) | [299] | |
| Craig Orme | 1960 | — | 2009 | Joint Task Force 633 (2013–14), Australian Defence College (2011–13), Head People Capability (2009–11) | [300] |
| John Paton+ | 1867 | 1943 | 18 November 1926 | [301] | |
| John Pearn | 1940 | — | 1998 | Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force (1998–00) | [296] |
| Matt Pearse* | — | 2020 | Head Force Integration (2024–), Defence Strategic Review Implementation Task Force (2023–24), Commander Forces Command (2020–22) | [302] | |
| Sandy Pearson | 1918 | 2012 | 16 March 1971[Note 56] | Chief of Personnel (1973–75), Royal Military College, Duntroon (1970–73), 1st Division (1969–70) | [303][304] |
| Owen Phillips | 1882 | 1966 | 1 July 1936 | Inspector of the Coast and Anti-Aircraft Defences (1939–41), Master-General of the Ordnance (1938–39), Quartermaster-General (1936–39) | [305] |
| Peter Phillips | 1935 | — | December 1986 | Assistant Chief of the General Staff – Personnel (1986–89) | [306] |
| Eric Plant | 1890 | 1950 | 1 September 1942[Note 57] | New South Wales Lines of Communication Area (1943–46), Victoria Lines of Communication Area (1942–43), Western Command (1942), 5th Military District (1942) | [18][294] |
| Francis Poke | 1923 | 2018 | 7 October 1977[Note 58] | Logistic Command (1977–80) | [309] |
| Selwyn Porter | 1905 | 1963 | 2 January 1951 | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1953–54), 2nd Division (1950–53) | [310] |
| Stephen Porter | 1961 | — | 2015 | 2nd Division (2015–18) | [311] |
| Arthur Powell | 1929 | 2024 | 17 May 1982 | Chief of Supply (1982–84) | [312] |
| Roger Powell | 1949 | — | 23 April 1999 | Deputy Force Commander, United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (2001–02), Training Command – Army (1999–01) | [313] |
| Beauchamp Pulver | 1897 | 1981 | 23 November 1950 | Master-General of the Ordnance (1950–54) | [314] |
| Gustave Ramaciotti+ | 1861 | 1927 | 25 March 1920 | [315] | |
| Alan Ramsay | 1895 | 1973 | 21 January 1944 | 11th Division (1945), 5th Division (1944–45) | [18] |
| George Rankin | 1887 | 1957 | 1 June 1946[Note 59] | [318] | |
| Anthony Rawlins | — | 2018 | Head Force Design (2022–25), Deputy Chief of Army (2018–22) | [319] | |
| William Refshauge | 1913 | 2009 | 26 June 1955 | Director-General of Medical Services (1955–60) | [320] |
| John Richardson | 1880 | 1954 | 1 September 1942[Note 60] | 1st Cavalry Division (1936–42) | [18] |
| Robert Risson | 1901 | 1992 | 2 July 1954[Note 61] | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1957–58), 3rd Division (1953–56) | [323] |
| Frank Roberts | 1951 | — | 2001 | Strategic Policy Division (2004–05), Deputy Chief of Army (2002–04), Training Command – Army (2001–02) | [324] |
| Len Roberts-Smith | 1946 | — | 2002 | Judge Advocate General (2002–07) | [325] |
| William Rodgers | 1936 | — | 1985 | Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force (1985–90) | [326] |
| Jeffrey Rosenfeld | 1952 | — | 2009 | Surgeon-General of the Australian Defence Force Reserves (2009–11) | [327] |
| Charles Rosenthal | 1875 | 1954 | 22 May 1918 | AIF Depots in the United Kingdom (1919), 2nd Division (1918–19, 1921–26, 1932–37) | [328] |
| David Rossi | 1945 | — | 1992 | Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force (1992–96) | [296] |
| Mick Ryan | — | 2018 | Australian Defence College (2018–22) | [329] | |
| Granville Ryrie | 1865 | 1937 | 18 June 1920[Note 62] | 1st Cavalry Division (1921–27), ANZAC Mounted Division (1918–19) | [332] |
| Victor Sellheim | 1866 | 1928 | 3 January 1920 | Quartermaster-General (1922–27), Adjutant-General (1920–27) | [333] |
| Jeff Sengelman | — | 2011 | Special Operations Command (2014–17), Head of Modernisation and Strategic Planning – Army (2012–14), Deputy Chief of Army (2011–12), Commander Forces Command (2011) | [334] | |
| Raymond Sharp | 1929 | 2022 | 1982 | 2nd Division (1982–84) | [335] |
| Edward Sheehan+ | 1898 | 1969 | 1 April 1955 | [336] | |
| Colin Hall Simpson | 1894 | 1964 | 1 September 1942[Note 63] | Signal Officer-in-Chief (1942–46) | [18] |
| Noel Simpson | 1907 | 1971 | 1 July 1960[Note 64] | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1960–62), 3rd Division (1959–60) | [339] |
| Mick Slater | 1958 | — | 2008 | Commander Forces Command (2011–15), 1st Division (2009–11), Head Defence Personnel (2008–09) | [340] |
| Neville Smethurst | 1935 | 2019 | 1985 | Land Commander Australia (1987–90), Field Force Command (1987), Assistant Chief of Defence Force – Operations (1985–87) | [341] |
| Chris Smith* | — | 2022 | Deputy Chief of Army (2024–), Deputy Commanding General – Strategy and Plans, United States Army Pacific (2022–24) | [342] | |
| Michael Smith | — | 2000 | Deputy Force Commander, United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (2000–01) | [343] | |
| Steve Smith | 1959 | — | 2012 | 2nd Division (2012–14) | [344] |
| Stuart Smith | 1963 | — | 2012 | Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (2015–17), 1st Division (2012–15), Joint Task Force 633 (2012) | [345] |
| John Stanley+ | 1851 | 1935 | 20 July 1918 | [346] | |
| Victor Stantke | 1886 | 1967 | 1 September 1942 | Queensland Lines of Communication Area (1943–46), Adjutant-General (1940–43) | [18] |
| Clive Steele | 1892 | 1955 | 1 September 1942[Note 65] | Engineer-in-Chief (1942–46) | [18] |
| William Steele+ | 1895 | 1966 | 5 February 1950 | [349] | |
| John Stein | 1936 | 2025 | 1985 | Logistic Command (c. 1987–91), Chief of Logistics (1985–87) | [137] |
| Jack Stevens | 1896 | 1969 | 1 September 1942 | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1950), 2nd Division (1947–50), 6th Division (1943–45), 12th Division (1942–43), Northern Territory Force (1942–43), 4th Division (1942) | [18] |
| Paul Stevens | 1946 | — | 1993 | Chief of the General Staff – Personnel (1993–97) | [350] |
| John Stevenson | 1925 | 2008 | 1 June 1976[Note 66] | Chief of Logistics (1979–82), Logistic Command (1976–79) | [351] |
| Alan Stretton | 1922 | 2012 | 1 February 1975[Note 67] | Director-General Natural Disasters Organisation (1974–78) | [263] |
| Paul Symon | 1960 | — | 2009 | Director Defence Intelligence Organisation (2011–14), Deputy Chief of Army (2009–11) | [353] |
| Ken Taylor | 1929 | 2008 | 28 May 1982 | Chief of Materiel – Army (1982–85) | [354] |
| Thomas Taylor | 1988 | 21 January 1963[Note 68] | Southern Command (1964–66), Deputy Chief of General Staff (1960–64) | [356] | |
| David Thomae | — | 2021 | Joint Task Force 629 (2021–24), 2nd Division (2021–24) | [357] | |
| Murray Thompson | — | 2020 | Head ICT Operations (2020–23) | [358] | |
| Edwin Tivey | 1866 | 1947 | 19 June 1920[Note 69] | 2nd Cavalry Division (1921–26), 5th Infantry Division (1918–19) | [332] |
| Kathryn Toohey | — | 2017 | Head Force Integration Division (2019–23), Head of Land Capability (2017–19) | [361] | |
| Richard Tracey | 1948 | 2019 | 2007 | Judge Advocate General (2007–14) | [362] |
| Richard Vagg | — | 2023 | Head Land Capability (2023–26) | [363] | |
| George Alan Vasey | 1895 | 1945 | 1 September 1942 | 7th Division (1942–1944), 6th Division (1942), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1942) | [18] |
| Norman Vickery | 1917 | 1998 | 1 December 1963 | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1966–70), 3rd Division (1963–66) | [364] |
| Douglas Vincent | 1916 | 1995 | 31 January 1967[Note 70] | Chief of Personnel (1972–73), Adjutant-General (1970–72), Head Australian Joint Services Staff in the United States (1968–70), Commander Australian Force Vietnam (1967–68), 1st Division (1966–67) | [366] |
| Ronald Wade | 1905 | 1995 | 21 September 1956[Note 71] | Northern Command (1961–62), Adjutant-General (1957–61), Head Australian Joint Services Staff in the United States (1955–57) | [368] |
| Jason Walk* | — | 2022 | Head National Support (2025–), Commander Joint Logistics (2022–25) | [89] | |
| Ernest Wallack+ | 1857 | 1932 | 1 August 1918 | [346] | |
| Roy Walsh | 1888 | 1962 | 1 September 1942 | Director of Medical Services, First Australian Army (1942–43) | [369] |
| William Watson | 1924 | 2004 | 15 September 1975 | Director-General Army Health Services (1975–82) | [370] |
| Carla Watts* | 1976 | — | 2025 | Commander Joint Logistics (2025–) | [371] |
| Ian Westwood | 1953 | — | 2014 | Chief Military Judge and Chief Judge Advocate (2007–18) | [372] |
| Arthur White+ | 1860 | 1946 | 27 October 1922 | [373] | |
| Martin White* | — | — | 2026 | Australian Defence College (2026–) | [374] |
| John Whitelaw | 1894 | 1964 | 1 September 1942 | Western Command (1946–51), Victoria Lines of Communication Area (1945–46), Major General, Royal Artillery (1942–45) | [Note 72][18] |
| John Whitelaw | 1921 | 2010 | 25 August 1975[Note 73] | Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1977–78), Chief of Personnel – Army (1975–77), Chief of Operations (1974–75) | [Note 74][376] |
| Wilford Whittle+ | 1892 | 1964 | 31 December 1948 | [377] | |
| Simone Wilkie | 1964 | — | 2013 | Head of Joint Enablers (2015–18), Australian Defence College (2013–18) | [378] |
| Robert Williams+ | 1855 | 1943 | 1 January 1920 | [379] | |
| Thomas Williams | 1884 | 1950 | 1 July 1940 | Chief Military Advisor to the Director-General of Munitions (1941–44), Master-General of the Ordnance (1939–40) | [380] |
| William Williams | 1856 | 1919 | 1 January 1917 | [Note 75] | [381] |
| John Williamson | 1926 | 1980 | 1 June 1976[Note 76] | Field Force Command (1979–80), Deputy Chief of General Staff (1978–79), Chief of Operations (1975–78) | [156] |
| Simon Willis | 1948 | — | October 1999 | Head of Australian Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. (2002–04), Head Defence Personnel Executive (2000–02), Head Joint Education and Training (1999–00) | [148] |
| Arthur Gillespie Wilson | 1900 | 1982 | 29 August 1954 | Central Command (1954–57) | [383] |
| Neil Wilson | 1947 | — | 2001 | Assistant Chief of the Defence Force (Reserves) and Head Reserve Policy (2004–07), 2nd Division (2001–02) | [384] |
| Richard Wilson | 1955 | — | 2005 | Director Defence Intelligence Organisation (2009–11), 1st Division (2007–09), Training Command – Army (2005–07) | [385] |
| Victor Windeyer | 1900 | 1987 | 1 January 1951[Note 77] | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1950–53), 2nd Division (1950–52) | [387] |
| Robert Woollard | 1921 | 2009 | 27 January 1975 | Controller of Establishments (1975–78) | [388] |
| George Wootten | 1893 | 1970 | 1 September 1942 | Citizen Military Forces Member of the Military Board (1948–50), 3rd Division (1947–50), 9th Division (1943–45) | [18] |
Brigadier generals
This along with the + (plus sign) indicates that the officer was granted the honorary rank of brigadier general on the Retired List, without having held the rank while in service.
| Name | Born | Died | Date appointed | Senior command(s) or appointment(s) in rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Robert Anderson | 1865 | 1940 | 1 December 1916 | AIF Headquarters London (1916–17) | [389] |
| Stuart Milligan Anderson | 1879 | 1954 | 12 October 1917 | Royal Artillery, 1st Australian Division (1917–18) | [390] |
| Alfred Bessell-Browne | 1877 | 1947 | 18 January 1917 | Royal Artillery, 5th Australian Division (1917–19) | [391] |
| William Kinsey Bolton+ | 1860 | 1941 | 1 July 1920 | [392] | |
| Sydney Christian | 1868 | 1931 | 21 February 1916 | Royal Artillery, 5th Australian Division (1916–17) | [393] |
| Cecil Foott | 1876 | 1942 | 23 July 1917 | 4th Division (1930–31), 3rd Military District (1930–31), 1st Military District (1926–29), 11th Mixed Brigade (1926–29), Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores (1922–25), Deputy Adjutant-General (1920–22), Deputy Director of Repatriation (1918–19), Chief Engineer, Australian Corps (1918), Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, AIF Depots in the United Kingdom (1917–18) | [394] |
| Hubert Foster | 1855 | 1919 | 1 March 1916 | Director of Military Art (1917–18), Chief of the General Staff (1916–17) | [395] |
| Duncan Glasfurd | 1873 | 1916 | 1 March 1916 | 12th Brigade (1916) | [396] |
| Henry Goddard | 1869 | 1955 | 1 June 1918 | 14th Brigade (1921–26), 9th Brigade (1918–19) | [397] |
| William Grant | 1870 | 1939 | 13 August 1917 | 1st Cavalry Brigade (1919–25), 4th Light Horse Brigade (1917–19), 3rd Light Horse Brigade (1917) | [398] |
| Thomas Griffiths | 1865 | 1947 | 1 January 1918 | Administrator of Nauru (1921–27), Administrator of the Territory of New Guinea (1920–21), Inspector-General of Administration (1920), AIF Headquarters London (1917–19) | [399] |
| James Heane | 1874 | 1954 | 3 December 1916 | 5th Brigade (1921–26), 11th Brigade (1920–21), 1st Division Demobilization Group (1919), 2nd Brigade (1916–19) | [400] |
| Sydney Herring | 1881 | 1951 | 30 June 1918 | 5th Brigade (1926–30), 10th Brigade (1920–21), 13th Brigade (1918–19) | [401] |
| Alexander Jobson | 1875 | 1933 | 1 May 1916 | 9th Brigade (1916–17) | [402] |
| John Lamrock+ | 1859 | 1935 | 1 July 1920 | [403] | |
| Raymond Leane | 1878 | 1962 | 1 June 1918 | 3rd Brigade (1921–26), 19th Brigade (1920–21), 12th Brigade (1918–19) | [404] |
| George Long | 1874 | 1930 | 1 January 1919 | Director of Education (1919) | [405][406] |
| George MacArthur-Onslow | 1875 | 1931 | 3 September 1918 | 1st Cavalry Division (1927–31), 4th Cavalry Brigade (1923–26), 6th Light Horse Regiment (1921–23), 5th Light Horse Brigade (1918) | [Note 78][407] |
| Henry Normand MacLaurin | 1878 | 1915 | 15 August 1914 | 1st Brigade (1914–15) | [408] |
| Edward Fowell Martin | 1875 | 1950 | 28 June 1918 | 6th Brigade (1920–21), 5th Brigade (1918–19) | [409] |
| John Patrick McGlinn | 1869 | 1946 | 17 March 1918 | Deputy Assistant and Quartermaster-General, AIF Depots (1918–19) | [410] |
| Walter McNicoll | 1877 | 1947 | 1 May 1916 | Director of Education (1918–19), 10th Brigade (1916–18) | [Note 79][402] |
| John Meredith | 1864 | 1942 | 13 February 1917 | 2nd Cavalry Brigade (1921–23), 4th Light Horse Brigade (1917) | [411] |
| Samuel Pethebridge | 1862 | 1918 | 1 May 1916 | Administrator of the Territory of New Guinea (1915–17) | [412] |
| Colin Rankin | 1869 | 1940 | 1 May 1916 | 11th Brigade (1916) | [402] |
| James Robertson | 1878 | 1951 | 1 December 1916 | 7th Brigade (1921–26), 3rd Brigade (1920–21), 6th Brigade (1918–19), Director of Training, AIF Depots (1918), 12th Brigade (1916–17) | [413] |
| Robert Smith | 1881 | 1928 | 1 January 1917 | 2nd Brigade (1921–26), 18th Brigade (1920–21), 17th Brigade (1920), 5th Brigade (1917–18) | [414] |
| James Stewart | 1884 | 1947 | 23 March 1918 | 15th Brigade (1930–34), 10th Brigade (1921–26), 14th Brigade (1918–21) | [415] |
| Walter Tunbridge+ | 1856 | 1943 | 1 January 1920 | [416] | |
| Lachlan Chisholm Wilson | 1871 | 1947 | 30 October 1917 | 1st Cavalry Brigade (1929–31), 11th Mixed Brigade (1925–29), 3rd Light Horse Brigade (1917–19) | [417] |
| Evan Wisdom | 1869 | 1945 | 1 December 1916 | 22nd Brigade (1920–21), 7th Brigade (1916–19) | [413] |
See also
Notes
- Birdwood, an officer of the British Indian Army, had been General Officer Commanding Australian Imperial Force (1915–19) during the First World War. He was granted the honorary rank of field marshal in the Australian Military Forces when promoted to field marshal in the British Army in 1925.
- Monash, who had served as General Officer Commanding Australian Corps (1918) and Director General of Repatriation (1918–19) during the First World War, had retired in 1920 and was promoted on the Unattached List.[9][15]
- Lavarack accepted a demotion to major general in 1940 to assume command of the 7th Division.[43]
- Rowell was promoted to temporary lieutenant general on assuming command of I Corps in April 1942, but was dismissed from the command in September and subsequently reverted to major general. He was restored to temporary lieutenant general in 1946 on appointment as Vice Chief of the General Staff; his rank was made substantive on 1 October 1948.[61][20]
- Sanderson was Chief of the General Staff until the position was re-titled as Chief of Army in February 1997.
- Major General Peter Day was the father of Major General Stephen Day.
- Major General Stephen Day is the son of Major General Peter Day.
- Downes was placed on the Retired List of the British Army in 1884 as an honorary major general. He subsequently served with the South Australian Military Forces, Victorian Military Forces and, following the Federation of Australia, the Australian Military Forces. He was placed on the Retired List of the Australian Military Forces with the rank of major general in 1902.[142]
- Major General Major Downes was the father of Major General Rupert Downes.[142]
- Major General Rupert Downes was the son of Major General Major Downes.[142]
- Durham was promoted to temporary major general on 2 May 1940. He was placed on the Regimental Supernumerary List with the temporary rank of major general on 21 September 1943 and, in 1947, was retrospectively promoted to the substantive rank of major general with seniority from 1 September 1942.[149]
- Hardie had been appointed to the local rank of major general on 1 July 1937 and, at this rank, served as Commandant, 2nd Military District (1935–39), Inspector General Department of Defence Co-ordination (1939–40) and Inspector of Administration, Army Headquarters (1940), before retiring with the honorary rank of major general on 20 March 1942.[199][200]
- Major General James Curnow Hughes was the younger brother of Major General Ronald Lawrence Hughes.
- Major General Ronald Lawrence Hughes was the elder brother of Major General James Curnow Hughes.
- Major General Robert Jackson was the father of Brigadier Donald Robert Jackson, Colonel Dawn Jackson and Brigadier Oliver David Jackson.
- Major General Stanley Legge was the son of Lieutenant General James Gordon Legge.
- Lloyd was promoted to temporary major general on 24 October 1940. He was placed on the Retired List with the honorary rank of major general on 1 February 1946 but, in Executive Minute No. 10 of 26 February 1947, was retrospectively promoted to the substantive rank of major general with seniority from 1 September 1942.[149][18]
- Major General Denzil MacArthur-Onslow was the nephew of Major General James Macarthur-Onslow and Brigadier General George MacArthur-Onslow.
- Major General James Macarthur-Onslow was the brother of Brigadier General George MacArthur-Onslow and uncle of Major General Denzil MacArthur-Onslow.
- Major General Ronald McNicoll was the son of Brigadier General Sir Walter McNicoll and the elder brother of Vice Admiral Sir Alan McNicoll.
- Major General Edward Milford was the grandfather of Major General Michael Milford.
- Major General Michael Milford is the grandson of Major General Edward Milford.
- Morris was promoted to temporary major general on 1 January 1942.[287] He was placed on the Retired List with the honorary rank of major general on 19 October 1946 but, in Executive Minute No. 10 of 26 February 1947, was retrospectively promoted to the substantive rank of major general with seniority from 1 September 1942.[18][288]
- Major General Alan Morrison was the father of Lieutenant General David Morrison.
- Major General Ian Murdoch was the son of Brigadier Thomas Murdoch and the elder brother of Air Marshal Sir Alister Murdoch.
- Plant was promoted to temporary major general on 6 January 1942. He was placed on the Retired List with the honorary rank of major general on 23 August 1946 but,[307] in Executive Minute No. 10 of 26 February 1947, was retrospectively promoted to the substantive rank of major general with seniority from 1 September 1942.[18][294]
- Rankin was appointed to the local rank of major general on 1 July 1937 and, at this rank, served as General Officer Commanding 2nd Cavalry Division (1936–42).[316] He was transferred to the Unattached List on 12 February 1942 and placed on the Retired List, with the substantive rank of major general, on 1 June 1946.[317][318]
- Richardson was appointed to the local rank of major general on 1 July 1937.[321] He was transferred to the Unattached List on 5 January 1942 and, in Executive Minute No. 10 of 26 February 1947, was retrospectively promoted to the substantive rank of major general with seniority from 1 September 1942.[18]
- Colin Simpson was promoted to temporary major general on 6 April 1942. He was placed on the Retired List with the honorary rank of major general on 8 November 1946 but,[337] in Executive Minute No. 10 of 26 February 1947, was retrospectively promoted to the substantive rank of major general with seniority from 1 September 1942.[18]
- Steele was promoted to temporary major general on 5 January 1942.[347] He was placed on the Reserve of Officers (General List) with the honorary rank of major general on 12 March 1946 but,[348] in Executive Minute No. 10 of 26 February 1947, was retrospectively promoted to the substantive rank of major general with seniority from 1 September 1942.[18]
- Major General John Stewart Whitelaw (1894–1964) was the father of Major General John Whitelaw (1921–2010).
- Major General John Whitelaw (1921–2010) was the son of Major General John Stewart Whitelaw (1894–1964).
- Williams had been appointed to the honorary rank of surgeon-general (equivalent to major general) in 1901 and, at that rank, served as Director-General of Australian Army Medical Services (1901–14) and Director-General of Medical Services for the Australian Imperial Force (1914–15), before he was placed on the Retired List with the substantive rank of surgeon-general on 1 January 1917.[381]
- Brigadier General George MacArthur-Onslow was the brother of Major General James Macarthur-Onslow and uncle of Major General Denzil MacArthur-Onslow.
- Brigadier General Sir Walter McNicoll was the father of Major General Ronald McNicoll and Vice Admiral Sir Alan McNicoll.