The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Eric Winslow Woodward

Woodward, Eric Winslow

Lieutenant-General

* 21st of July 1899

† 29th of December 1967

Promotions

1940-12-26 Colonel
1941-05-10 Temporary Colonel
1941-06-01 Relinquishes the Temporary rank of Colonel
1942-02-01 Colonel
1943-04-28 Temporary Brigadier
1949-01-01 Brigadier

Service

1940-12-26 1941-05-09 Assistant Quartermaster-General, I Australian Corps [Greece]
1941-05-10 1941-06-01 Temporary Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 6th Australian Infantry Division [Middle East]
1941-06-02 1942-01-14 Assistant Quartermaster-General, I Australian Corps [Middle East]
1942-01-18 1942-04-24 General Staff Officer 1, Australian Imperial Force [Middle East]
1942-04-25 1942-05-16 Australian Liaison Officer, Middle East Command
1942-05-17 1943-03-08 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 9th Australian Infantry Division
1943-03-09 1943-12-07 Brigadier General Staff Northern Territory Force
1943-12-08 1945-07-02 Director of Staff Duties, G Branch, Army Headquarters
1945-07-03 1945-12-12 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Advanced Land Headquarters
1945-12-13 1946-03-04 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Morotai Force
1946-04-04 1947-02-28 Deputy Quartermaster-General I, Army Headquarters
1946-09-02 1946-09-26 Acting Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters
1946-09-02 1946-09-26 Acting Third Military Member of the Military Board
1947-03-01 1947-10-06 Director of Staff Duties, Army Headquarters
1947-12-20 1948-12-12 Attending the Imperial Defence College [Great Britain]
1948-12-13 1949-11-11 Australian Army Representative in Great Britain
1949-12-12 Deputy Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters
1951-XX-XX 1953-XX-XX Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters
1953-XX-XX 1957-XX-XX General Officer Commander in Chief Eastern Command
1957-XX-XX Retired
1957-XX-XX 1965-XX-XX Governor of New South Wales
1964-XX-XX Administrator of Commonwealth of Australia
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley