The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Henry Gordon Rourke

Rourke

Henry Gordon, Brigadier

(1896 – 1973)

1939
- 1940
General Staff Officer 1, Army Headquarters
1940
General Staff Officer 2 I Australian Corps
1940
- 1941
General Staff Officer 1 8th Australian Infantry Division
1941
- 1942
Commander Royal Artillery 7th Australian Infantry Division [Middle East]
1942
Brigadier General Staff I Australian Corps [New Guinea]
1942
Brigadier General Staff New Guinea Force
1943
- 1945
Military Assistant to the Australian accredited representative in the British War Cabinet
1951
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley