The following is an incomplete list of Australian Army brigadiers and other senior Australian Army officers. (There is a separate list of Australian Army generals.)
An Australian Army brigadier is not classed as a "general", whereas an Australian Army brigadier general was. The senior Australian Army ranks are:
The British Army replaced the rank of brigadier general with colonel-commandant in 1922, and then with brigadier in 1928. The rank insignia was changed from crossed sabre and baton to crown with three stars ("pips") to reflect that a brigadier is a senior colonel rather than a junior general. The Cadet Instructor's Handbook (2006), page 104 states:
1.25 At the end of World War I the British Government told the British Army that it had too many generals and that they were to be reduced in numbers. The Army did just that; it removed the word 'general' and was left with fewer generals and, at the same time, had created a 'new' rank.
1.26 The rank of brigadier general was abolished in the Australian Army in 1921, and it was eventually replaced by that of brigadier in 1929. In the interim titles such as 'colonel-in-command', 'colonel-of-staff' and 'colonel-commandant' were used for officers posted into that level of command.[1]
Rank | Name | Born | Died | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brigadier | Gerald Adams | 1898 | 1990 | [2] |
Brigadier | Bertram Alderson | 1892 | 1983 | |
Brigadier | Archibald Allen | 1888 | 1961 | [4] generals.dk[5] |
Brigadier | Basil Andrew | 1894 | 1941 | [6] |
Brigadier | Crispin Anstey | 1901 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Chris Appleton | [7] | ||
Brigadier | Mark Armstrong | 1973 | "[8] | |
Brigadier | Andrew Arthur | 1909 | 1968 | [9] |
Brigadier | Rob Atkinson | 1947 | [10] | |
Brigadier | Maurice ("Bunny") Austin | 1916 | 1985 | [11] |
Brigadier | Steve Ayling | [12] | ||
Brigadier | Henry Bachtold | 1891 | 1983 | [13] |
Brigadier | Charles Barber | 1888 | 1965 | [14][15] |
Brigadier | Lindley Barham | 1900 | 1995 | [16] |
Brigadier | Lewis Barker | 1895 | 1981 | [17] |
Brigadier | Alfred Baxter-Cox | 1898 | 1958 | [18] |
Brigadier | Leslie Binns | 1900 | 1965 | [19] |
Brigadier | Arthur Blackburn | 1892 | 1960 | [20] |
Brigadier | Gordon Bleby | 1910 | 1976 | |
Brigadier | Bruce Lockhart Bogle | 1922 | 2012 | [21] |
Brigadier | Wayne Bowen | 1956 | [22] | |
Brigadier | John Raymond Broadbent (Quartermaster-General) | 1893 | 1972 | [23] |
Brigadier | Harry Charles Bundock | 1886 | 1957 | [24] |
Brigadier | Frederick Alexander Burrows | 1897 | 1973 | [25] |
Brigadier | Francis Robert Burton | 1906 | 1993 | [26] |
Brigadier | Gary Byles | [27] | ||
Brigadier | Claude Ewen Cameron | 1894 | 1982 | [28] |
Brigadier | Kenneth Chalmers | 1900 | 1971 | [29] |
Brigadier | Wilfrid Chapman | 1891 | 1955 | [30] |
Brigadier | Frederick Chilton | 1905 | 2007 | [31] |
Brigadier | William James Christie | 1896 | 1979 | [citation needed]generals.dk[32] |
Brigadier | Frederick Hay Christison | 1891 | 1966 | [citation needed]generals.dk[33] |
Brigadier | John Augustus Clarebrough | 1894 | 1985 | [citation needed]generals.dk[34] |
Brigadier | Donald Cleland | 1901 | 1975 | [35] |
Brigadier | Michael Lewis Clifford | 1956 | 2017 | [36] |
Brigadier | Jack Kerr Coffey | 1900 | 1969 | [citation needed]generals.dk[37] |
Brigadier | Harold Cohen | 1881 | 1946 | [38] |
Brigadier | Bertrand Combes | 1894 | 1971 | [citation needed]generals.dk[39] |
Brigadier | John Cosson | [citation needed]Director General Supply Army | ||
Brigadier | John Craven | 1894 | 1965 | [40][41][42] |
Brigadier | John Wilson Crawford | 1899 | 1943 | [citation needed] [43] |
Brigadier | William Cremor | 1897 | 1962 | [44] |
Ralph Daly | 1902 | 1970 | [citation needed] | |
Jeff Davie | [citation needed] | |||
Charles Stewart Davies | 1880 | 1946 | [citation needed] | |
Derek Deighton | 1930 | 1991 | [citation needed] | |
Harold Charles de Low | 1892 | 1957 | [citation needed] | |
Francis Plumly Derham | 1885 | 1957 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Adrian d'Hagé | 1946 | [45] | |
Harold Clive Disher | 1891 | 1976 | [citation needed] | |
William Huggett Douglas | 1895 | 1982 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Gregory Francis Downing | [citation needed] | ||
Brigadier | Geoffrey Drake-Brockman | 1885 | 1977 | [46] |
Herbert Frederick Henry Durant | 1899 | 1974 | [citation needed] | |
Leslie Glanville Howard Dyke | 1900 | 1984 | [47] | |
Brigadier | Tom Eastick | 1900 | 1988 | [48] |
Brigadier | Cedric Edgar | 1901 | 1967 | [49] |
Henry Herrick Edwards | 1896 | 1959 | [citation needed] | |
Cyril Maurice Lloyd Elliott | 1899 | 1983 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | John Essex-Clark | 1931 | [50] | |
Brigadier | Bernard Evans | 1905 | 1981 | [51] |
Brigadier | Peter Evans | 1937 | - | [52] Chairman Duntroon Society |
Brigadier | Neil Fairley | 1891 | 1966 | [53] |
David Ferguson | 1941 | [citation needed] | ||
Luke Ferguson | [citation needed] | |||
Brigadier | Maurice Fergusson | 1895 | 1975 | [54] |
Albert Cecil Fewtrell | 1885 | 1950 | [citation needed] | |
Frederick Percy Herbert Fewtrell | 1894 | 1964 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | John Field | 1899 | 1974 | [55] |
Gerard Fogarty | [citation needed] | |||
Alexander Moore Forbes | 1892 | 1961 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Neil Mackenzie Freeman | 1890 | 1961 | [56] |
Peter Gates | 1966 | |||
Stephen Gilbert Friend | 1896 | 1960 | [citation needed] | |
Vivian Harrold Gatliff | 1889 | 1963 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Ian Geddes | 1921 | 2007 | [57] |
Brigadier | Ian Gilmore | 1925 | 2013 | [58] Chair of Legacy Australia |
Arthur Harry Langman Godfrey | 1896 | 1942 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Wayne Goodman | [59] | ||
Brigadier | Eugene Gorman | 1891 | 1973 | [60] |
William Allan Hailes | 1891 | 1949 | [citation needed] | |
Eric Fairweather Harrison | 1881 | 1948 | [citation needed] | |
Neville Gordon Hatton | 1895 | 1983 | [citation needed] | |
William Alexander Henderson | 1882 | 1949 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Scott Hicks | Director General - Defence Force Recruiting,[61] VP, Strategy and Business Development - EOS Australia[62] | ||
John Hill | 1888 | 1961 | [citation needed] | |
Frederick Brock Hinton | 1892 | 1969 | [citation needed] | |
Oswald Vick Hoad | 1888 | 1963 | [citation needed] | |
Gary Hogan | [citation needed] | |||
Austin Claude Selwyn Holland | 1889 | 1965 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | William 'Bill' Horrocks | 1958 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Garth Hughes | 1935 | 2017 | [citation needed]President Australian Ordnance Council |
Brigadier | Ronald Godfrey Howy Irving | 1898 | 1965 | [63] |
Brigadier | Donald Robert Jackson | 1915 | 1986 | [64] |
Brigadier | Oliver David Jackson | 1919 | 2004 | [65] |
Brigadier | Wayne Jackson | [citation needed] | ||
Brigadier | Peter Robin Jeffrey | 1960 | [66] | |
Maurice Barber Bevan Keating | 1887 | 1952 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Michael Christopher Kehoe | [citation needed]Comd LSF/17 (CSS) Bde 2005–06 | ||
Brigadier | Charles Kellaway | 1889 | 1952 | [67] |
Roy King | 1897 | 1959 | [citation needed] | |
Douglas Oswald Luke Kitto | 1895 | 1988 | [citation needed] | |
Errol Knox | 1889 | 1949 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | George Furner Langley | 1891 | 1971 | [68] |
Brigadier | Peter Lambert | [69] | ||
Brigadier | Ian Lillie | [citation needed] | ||
Brigadier | Edmund Lind | 1888 | 1944 | [70] |
Brigadier | Ian D. Langford | 1975 | ||
John Lloyd | 1894 | 1965 | [71] | |
William James Macavoy Locke | 1894 | 1962 | [citation needed] | |
Thomas Steane Louch | 1894 | 1979 | [citation needed] | |
Leonard Cuthbert Lucas | 1894 | 1978 | [72] | |
Daniel Aston Luxton | 1891 | 1960 | [citation needed] | |
Thomas Fergus Buchanan MacAdie | 1919 | 1973 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Malcolm Hudson MacKenzie-Orr | [citation needed]President Australian Ordnance Council | ||
Patrick Sanfield McGrath | 1898 | 1972 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Peter McGuinness | 1945 | 2003 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | Tim McKenna | 1954 | [citation needed] | |
Eric George Henderson McKenzie | 1896 | 1957 | [citation needed] | |
Kenneth Alan McKenzie | 1893 | 1948 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Barry Neil McManus | 1962 | [73] | |
Douglas Murray McWhae | 1884 | 1969 | [citation needed] | |
Noel Maguire | [citation needed] | |||
Brigadier | John Walter Main CBE | 1899 | 1969 | [citation needed] |
Gordon Maitland | 1896 | 1982 | [citation needed] | |
Gordon Edward Manchester | 1885 | 1957 | [citation needed] | |
Jack Mann | 1897 | 1968 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Norman Marshall | 1886 | 1942 | [citation needed] |
James Eric Gifford Martin | 1904 | 1993 | [citation needed] | |
Athelsan Markham Martyn | 1881 | 1956 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Duncan Maxwell | 1892 | 1969 | [74] |
Stephen Meekin | [citation needed] | |||
Brigadier | Kit Miles | [57] | ||
Arthur James Mills | 1884 | 1954 | [citation needed] | |
Raymond Frederic Monaghan | 1898 | 1966 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Michael Moon | [75] | ||
Guy Newton Moore | 1893 | 1984 | [citation needed] | |
George Moran | [citation needed] | |||
Brigadier | Gerald Vincent Moriarty | 1894 | 1966 | [76] |
Murray John Moten | 1899 | 1953 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Thomas Murdoch | 1876 | 1961 | [77] |
Brigadier | Allan A. Murray | 1960 | [citation needed]Commander 8th Brigade Dec 2011 – Dec 2014 | |
Edward Michael Neylan | 1896 | 1967 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Andrew Nikolic | 1961 | [citation needed] | |
Reginald Havill Norman | 1893 | 1973 | [78] | |
Frank Kingsley Norris | 1893 | 1984 | [citation needed] | |
Francis Roger North | 1894 | 1978 | [citation needed] | |
Harry Scott Nurse | 1896 | 1981 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | David O'Brien | [citation needed] | ||
John William Alexander O'Brien | 1908 | 1980 | [citation needed] | |
Douglas Paine | 1892 | 1960 | [citation needed] | |
William Edward Hill Pascoe | 1893 | 1956 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Cheryl Pearce | [79] | ||
Brigadier | Matthew Pearse | [80] | ||
Brigadier | Michael Phelps | [citation needed] | ||
Brigadier | Arnold Potts | 1896 | 1968 | [81] |
Brigadier | Michael Prictor | 1962 | [citation needed] | |
Claude Esdaile Prior | 1895 | 1954 | [citation needed] | |
Ralph Carlyle Geoffrey Prisk | 1894 | 1960 | [citation needed] | |
Beauchamp Worters Pulver | 1897 | 1981 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Steve Quinn | [82] | ||
John Herbert Rasmussen | 1902 | 1952 | [citation needed] | |
John Reddish | 1902 | 1971 | [83] | |
John Dalylell Richardson | 1880 | 1954 | [citation needed] | |
James Campbell Robertson | 1878 | 1951 | [citation needed] | |
John David Rogers | 1895 | 1978 | [citation needed] | |
Henry Gordon Rourke | 1896 | 1973 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Raymond Sandover | 1910 | 1995 | [84] |
Brigadier | David Saul | [citation needed]Comd 17 Bde 2007–08, DGSL 2009–10 | ||
Brigadier | Ted Serong | 1915 | 2002 | [85] |
Harry Blamyre Sewell | 1896 | 1943 | [86] | |
Brigadier | Colin McOlvin Sharp | [citation needed] | ||
Edward Lonergan Sheehan | 1898 | 1969 | [citation needed] | |
James Thomas Simpson | 1898 | 1971 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Bob Slater | 1943 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Mark Smethurst | [citation needed] | ||
Brigadier | Andrew Smith | [87] | ||
Andrew Smith | [citation needed] | |||
Brigadier | Walter Edmond Smith | 1895 | 1976 | [citation needed] |
Fritz Peter Max Solling | 1892 | 1985 | [citation needed] | |
Victor Paul Hildebrand Stantke | 1886 | 1967 | [citation needed] | |
William Howard St. Clair | 1892 | 1977 | [citation needed] | |
John Rowlstone Stevenson | 1908 | 1971 | [citation needed] | |
Robert Mackay Stodart | 1879 | 1956 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Jack Studdert | 1923 | 2003 | [88] |
Brigadier | Horace William Strutt | 1903 | 1985 | [89] |
Roy Buchanan Sutherland | 1897 | 1943 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Harold Taylor | 1890 | 1966 | [90] |
Percy Chamberlin Thompson | 1893 | 1972 | [citation needed] | |
Roy Meldrum Thompson | 1895 | 1967 | [citation needed] | |
Edwin Tivey | 1866 | 1947 | [citation needed] | |
Raymond Walter Tovell | 1890 | 1966 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | William Traynor | [91] | ||
Doug Tyers | 1952 | [citation needed] | ||
Brigadier | Walter Urquhart | 1894 | 1985 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | Arthur Varley | 1893 | 1944 | [92] |
Brigadier | William Veale | 1895 | 1971 | [93] |
Brigadier | Donald Veron | 1907 | 1988 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | Eric Vowles | 1893 | 1977 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | Jim Wallace | [94] | ||
Brigadier | Augustine Wardell | 1895 | 1965 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | Thomas Weavers | 1892 | 1962 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | David Welch | [citation needed] | ||
Brigadier | Stuart Weir | 1922 | 2004 | [95] |
Brigadier | Frank Wells | 1896 | 1963 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | Allan Wendt | 1892 | 1977 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | David Whitehead | 1886 | 1992 | [96] |
Brigadier | Fred Whitelaw | 1919 | [citation needed] | |
Brigadier | Wilford Whittle | 1892 | 1954 | [97] |
Brigadier | Jeff Wilkinson | [citation needed] | ||
Brigadier | Ernst Williams | 1884 | 1959 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | Kenneth Williams | 1896 | 1974 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | Ian Rignold Wills | [citation needed]Director General Supply Army | ||
Brigadier | Kenneth Wills | 1896 | 1977 | [98] |
Brigadier | Robert Winning | 1906 | 1971 | [99] |
Brigadier | Frederick Wood | 1906 | 1991 | [citation needed] |
Brigadier | Hugh Wrigley | 1891 | 1980 | [citation needed] [100] |
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