The Generals of WWII
Generals from Australia
Chapman
John Austin, Major-General
(1896 – 1963)
1934
- 1938
Commandant of Small Arms School Australia
1939
Instructor at Staff College Camberley, England
1939
General Staff Officer 1 52nd British Division
1940
General Staff Officer 1, Army Headquarters
1940
- 1941
General Staff Officer 1 7th Australian Infantry Division [Middle East]
1941
- 1942
Commanding Officer Headquarters Australian Overseas Base Area [Middle East]
1942
Director of Staff Duties, Army Headquarters
1942
- 1944
Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General Allied Land Forces South-West Pacific Area
1944
- 1945
Deputy Chief General Staff
1946
- 1950
Head of the Australian Military Mission to Washington
1946
- 1950
Chief of the Joint Service Staff in the US
1950
- 1951
General Officer Commander in Chief Central Command
1951
- 1953
Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters
1953
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley