The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General John Dudley Lavarack

Lavarack, John Dudley

Lieutenant-General

* 19th of December 1885

† 4th of December 1957

Promotions

1919-11-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1920-04-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1920-10-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1926-08-01 Brevet Colonel
1935-01-01 Temporary Colonel
1935-04-21 Colonel
1935-04-21 Temporary Major-General
1935-06-01 Major-General
1939-10-13 Lieutenant-General

Service

1917-12-19 1919-05-19 General Staff Officer 1, 4th Australian Infantry Division
1920-02-28 1924-01-20 Director of Military Art, Royal Military College Duntroon
1924-01-31 1924-12-31 Staff Officer, G Branch, 2nd Australian Infantry Division
1925-01-01 1925-02-28 Temporary Staff Officer, G Branch, Army Headquarters
1925-03-01 1927-12-05 Director Military Training, Army Headquarters
1927-12-06 1929-02-05 Attending the Imperial Defence College [Great Britain]
1929-02-06 1932-12-31 Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, Army Headquarters
1933-01-01 1935-04-20 Commandant of the Royal Military College
1935-04-21 1939-10-12 Chief of the General Staff
1935-04-21 1939-10-12 First Military Member of the Military Board
1935-04-21 1939-10-12 Chief of the Australian Section, Imperial General Staff [Great Britain]
1939-06-29 Honorary Colonel, 58th Battalion
1939-10-13 1940-04-03 General Officer Commander in Chief Southern Command
1939-11-02 1940-04-03 District Officer Commanding 3rd Military District
1940-04-04 1941-06-17 General Officer Commanding 7th Australian Infantry Division [Middle East]
1941-04-07 1941-04-14 General Officer Commanding Cyrenaica Command [North Africa]
1941-06-18 1942-04-05 General Officer Commanding I Australian Corps [Middle East - Pacific]
1942-04-06 1944-02-29 General Officer Commanding 1st Australian Army
1944-03-01 1946-XX-XX Head of the Australian Military Mission to USA
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley