Australian Royal Symbols - Military Honours

Military Honours

A number of members of the Royal family also hold and have held several distinctions as part of the Australian Defence Forces:

  • HM King George VI (1895-1952):
    • Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force (1939-1952)
  • HM Queen Elizabeth II:
    • Captain-General of the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery (1953)
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Engineers (1953)
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps (1953)
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps (1953)
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (1953)
    • Air-Commodore-in-Chief of the Australian Citizen Air Force (1953)
  • HRH Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh:
    • Field Marshal of the Australian Army (1954)
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (1959)
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Australian Army Cadets (1970)
    • Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force (1954)
    • Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Australian Navy (1954)
  • HRH The Prince of Wales:
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (1977)
  • HRH Princess Mary, Princess Royal (1897-1965):
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals (1937-1965)
  • HRH Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002):
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (1953-1985)
  • HRH Princess Anne, Princess Royal:
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals (1977)
  • HRH The Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004):
    • Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Transport (1977-2004)
  • HRH The Duchess of Gloucester:
    • Colonel-in-Chief, of the Royal Australian Army Education Corps

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