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oyal australian navy and air marshal in the royal australian air force the insignia for a lieutenant general is the tudor crown above a crossed sword and baton 1 note 1 australian army lieutenants general edit this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed april 2016 learn how and when to remove this message the first australian lieutenant general was sir harry chauvel in 1917 cgs ca chief of the general staff and chief of army from 1 january 1909 to 18 february 1997 the most senior australian army position was named chief of the general staff the first australian to occupy this position was colonel william throsby bridges the first australian lieutenant general to occupy this position was sir harry chauvel from 11 june 1923 since august 1940 this position and its successor chief of army have been held by australian lieutenant generals chairman chiefs of staff committee 1958 1965 in march 1958 the role of chairman chiefs of staff committee was created but with no command authority this was initially occupied by lieutenant general sir henry wells march 1958 march 1959 and was rotated through the three services hence briefly providing a three star position available to army officers in 1968 this became a four star position it was replaced in february 1976 by a new position chief of defence force staff with command authority over the australian defence force and in october 1984 the position was renamed chief of the defence force cdf to more clearly reflect the role and its authority vice chief of the defence force since 1986 in june 1986 the three star position vice chief of the defence force vcdf was created as with cdf this position rotates between the forces lieutenant general john baker was the first army officer to occupy the position october 1992 april 1995 chief of capability development group 2003 2016 a third three star position chief of capability development group ccdg which also rotates between the forces was created in 2003 lieutenant general john caligari was the final officer of three star rank to hold the position before it was disestablished in 2016 chief of joint operations since 2007 in september 2007 a fourth three star position chief of joint operations was created equivalents there are two other permanent three star positions in the australian defence force chief of navy and chief of air force there are also a number of other three star equivalent positions in the australian defence organisation but these are all held by civilians list of lieutenants general edit this along with the asterisk indicates that the officer was subsequently promoted to general this along with the plus sign indicates that the officer retired with the honorary rank of lieutenant general this along with the arrowhead indicates that the officer is a currently serving lieutenant general the following people have held the rank of lieutenant general in the australian army name date of promotion senior command s or appointment s in rank notes sir harry chauvel 31 december 1919 note 2 chief of the general staff 1923 30 note 3 inspector general of the australian army 1919 30 desert mounted corps 1917 19 4 sir john monash 1 january 1920 note 4 director general of repatriation 1918 19 australian corps 1918 6 george lee 13 may 1920 7 john william parnell 1 june 1920 8 james gordon legge 14 january 1924 9 sir james mccay 21 december 1926 10 sir talbot hobbs 24 august 1927 11 ernest squires 30 june 1938 chief of the general staff 1939 40 inspector general of the australian army 1938 39 12 sir brudenell white 17 august 1939 note 5 chief of the general staff 1920 23 1940 15 sir thomas blamey 13 october 1939 i corps 1940 41 17 sir vernon sturdee 13 october 1939 chief of the general staff 1940 42 1946 50 first army 1944 45 18 sir john lavarack 13 october 1939 18 june 1941 note 6 first army 1942 44 i corps 1941 42 southern command 1939 40 20 21 edward smart 24 october 1940 southern command 1940 42 18 sir iven mackay 1 september 1941 new guinea force 1943 44 second army 1942 44 22 sir john northcott 6 april 1942 british commonwealth occupation force 1946 chief of the general staff 1940 1942 45 18 henry wynter 6 april 1942 lieutenant general administration at allied land headquarters 1942 44 eastern command 1941 42 23 gordon bennett 1 september 1942 iii corps 1942 44 24 sir edmund herring 1 september 1942 i corps 1942 44 new guinea force 1942 43 ii corps 1942 25 sir carl jess 1 september 1942 chairman of the manpower committee 1939 44 26 charles miles 1 september 1942 eastern command 1940 41 27 28 sir leslie morshead 1 september 1942 i corps 1944 45 second army 1944 new guinea force 1944 ii corps 1943 18 sir stanley savige 10 february 1944 ii corps 1944 45 new guinea force 1944 i corps 1944 18 john whitham 4 april 1946 note 7 southern command 1940 30 sir frank berryman 1 october 1948 eastern command 1946 53 i corps 1944 ii corps 1943 44 31 sir horace robertson 1 october 1948 southern command 1953 54 british commonwealth forces korea 1951 british commonwealth occupation force 1946 51 first army 1945 46 31 sir sydney rowell 1 october 1948 note 8 chief of the general staff 1950 54 vice chief of the general staff 1946 50 i corps 1942 32 cyril clowes 1 june 1949 33 allan boase 20 february 1951 southern command 1949 51 34 sir william bridgeford 14 march 1953 british commonwealth forces korea 1951 53 eastern command 1951 35 victor secombe 4 april 1954 northern command 1952 54 eastern command 1951 52 36 sir henry wells 12 april 1954 note 9 chairman chiefs of staff committee 1958 59 chief of the general staff 1954 58 british commonwealth forces korea 1953 54 southern command 1951 53 38 rudolph bierwirth 13 october 1954 british commonwealth forces korea 1954 56 39 sir eric woodward 30 october 1954 eastern command 1953 57 40 robert nimmo 15 november 1954 united nations military observer group in india and pakistan 1952 66 41 sir ragnar garrett 16 december 1954 chief of the general staff 1958 60 southern command 1954 58 42 sir reginald pollard 1 august 1957 chief of the general staff 1960 63 eastern command 1957 60 43 hector edgar 23 march 1958 eastern command 1960 63 southern command 1958 60 44 sir john wilton 21 january 1963 chairman chiefs of staff committee 1966 70 note 10 chief of the general staff 1963 66 45 sir thomas daly 19 may 1966 chief of the general staff 1966 71 46 sir mervyn brogan 19 may 1971 chief of the general staff 1971 73 47 sir francis hassett 20 november 1973 chief of the general staff 1973 75 48 sir arthur macdonald 24 november 1975 chief of the general staff 1975 77 49 sir donald dunstan 21 april 1977 chief of the general staff 1977 82 50 sir phillip bennett 15 february 1982 chief of the general staff 1982 84 51 peter gration 1984 chief of the general staff 1984 87 52 lawrence o donnell 1987 chief of the general staff 1987 90 53 john coates 1990 chief of the general staff 1990 92 54 john sanderson 1992 chief of army 1995 98 note 11 commander joint forces australia 1993 95 commander united nations transitional authority in cambodia 1992 93 55 john grey 1992 chief of the general staff 1992 95 56 john baker 1992 vice chief of the defence force 1992 95 57 frank hickling 1998 chief of army 1998 2000 58 desmond mueller 2000 vice chief of the defence force 2000 02 59 peter cosgrove 2000 chief of army 2000 02 60 peter leahy 2002 chief of army 2002 08 61 david hurley 2003 vice chief of defence force 2008 11 chief of joint operations 2007 08 chief of capability development group 2003 07 62 ken gillespie 2005 chief of army 2008 11 vice chief of the defence force 2005 08 63 mark evans 2008 chief of joint operations 2008 11 64 ash power 18 may 2011 chief of joint operations 2011 14 65 david morrison 2011 chief of army 2011 15 66 angus campbell 2013 chief of army 2015 18 commander operation sovereign borders 2013 15 67 john caligari 2014 chief of capability development group 2014 15 68 richard burr 2018 chief of army 2018 22 69 john frewen 2018 chief of joint capabilities 2021 24 national covid vaccine taskforce 2021 22 principal deputy director australian signals directorate 2018 21 70 greg bilton 2019 chief of joint operations 2019 71 gavan reynolds 2020 chief of defence intelligence 2020 72 simon stuart 2022 chief of army 2022 26 73 natasha fox 5 june 2023 chief of personnel 2023 74 michelle mcguinness 2024 national cyber security coordinator 2024 75 susan coyle 2024 chief of army 2026 chief of joint capabilities 2024 26 76 cheryl pearce 2025 military advisor for peacekeeping operations united nations 2024 77 scott winter 2026 deputy commander united nations command 2026 78 see also edit military of australia portal australian defence force ranks and insignia australian army officer rank insignia list of australian army generals notes edit australian army officer rank insignia are identical to british army officer rank insignia with the difference that australian insignia have the word australia below them chauvel was promoted to temporary lieutenant general on 2 august 1917 on assuming command of the desert column his rank was made substantive from 31 december 1919 2 3 chauvel was promoted to general in november 1929 the year prior to his retirement monash was promoted to temporary lieutenant general on 1 june 1918 on assuming command of the australian corps his rank was made substantive from 1 january 1920 5 white held the temporary rank of lieutenant general from 28 november 1918 to 15 april 1919 while serving as chief of staff australian imperial force 13 14 he transferred to the unattached list in june 1923 and was placed on the retired list with the honorary rank of lieutenant general on 17 august 1939 before being recalled to service and promoted to general in march 1940 15 16 lavarack accepted a demotion to major general in 1940 to assume command of the 7th division 19 whitham was promoted to temporary lieutenant general on 2 may 1940 on being appointed general officer commanding southern command he was placed on the retired list in 1941 and on 4 april 1946 was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant general 29 30 rowell was promoted to temporary lieutenant general on assuming command of i corps in april 1942 but was dismissed from the command in september and subsequently reverted to major general he was restored to temporary lieutenant general in 1946 on appointment as vice chief of the general staff his rank was made substantive on 1 october 1948 32 31 wells was promoted to temporary lieutenant general on 20 february 1951 his rank was made substantive on 12 april 1954 37 wilton was promoted to general in september 1968 halfway through his term as chairman chiefs of staff committee sanderson was chief of the general staff until the position was re titled as chief of army in february 1997 references edit chapter 4 badges and emblems pdf army dress manual canberra 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