The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Owen Forbes Phillips

Phillips

Owen Forbes, Major-General

(1882 – 1966)

1916
- 1917
Commanding Officer 14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade [Middle East - France]
1917
- 1918
Commander Royal Artillery 2nd Australian Infantry Division [France]
1918
Commanding Officer 9th Australian Field Artillery Brigade [France]
1919
Chief Instructor at Gunnery School Sydney
1921
- 1922
Commander Royal Artillery 1st Australian Infantry Division
1923
- 1924
Chief Instructor at Artillery School Sydney
1925
- 1926
Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General 1st Australian Cavalry Division
1926
- 1930
District Officer Commanding 2nd Military District
1930
- 1933
Director of Ordnance Service, Army Headquarters
1933
- 1939
Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters
1933
- 1939
Master-General of Ordnance, Army Headquaters
1939
- 1942
Inspector-General of Anti-Aircraft & Coastal Defences, Army Headquarters
1942
Military Consultant Army Inventions Directorate
1942
Retired