The Generals of WWII
Generals from Australia
Nimmo
Robert Harold, Lieutenant-General
(1893 – 1966)
1935
- 1937
Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General 2nd Australian Cavalry Division
1938
- 1939
General Staff Officer 1 2nd Australian Cavalry Division
1939
- 1941
General Staff Officer 1 1st Australian Cavalry Division
1942
Commanding Officer 4th Australian Cavalry Brigade
1942
Commanding Officer 1st Australian Armoured Brigade
1942
- 1943
Commanding Officer 1st Australian Motor Brigade
1943
Commanding Officer 1st Australian Armoured Brigade
1943
- 1944
Brigadier General Staff III Australian Corps
1944
Brigadier General Staff 2nd Australian Army
1944
- 1945
Brigadier General Staff Northern Territory Forces
1944
- 1945
Acting General Officer Commanding Northern Territory Forces
1945
Deputy Assistant & Quartermaster-General 1st Australian Army
1946
Retired
Recalled
1952
- 1966
Head of UN Military Observer Group in Pakistan & India
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley