General (Australia) - Australian Generals

Australian Generals

The following Australians have held the rank of General:

• General Sir Harry Chauvel GCMG, KCB (1929)
• General Sir John Monash GCMG, KCB, VD (1929)
• General Sir Brudenell White KCB, KCMG, KCVO, DSO (1940)
• General Sir Thomas Blamey GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED (1941)
• General Sir John Hackett, GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (1966) was an Australian born general of the British Army.

Since 1966, the rank of General has been held when an Army officer is appointed to the position currently called Chief of the Defence Force:

• General Sir John Wilton KBE, CB, DSO (1966)
• General Sir Francis Hassett AC, KBE, CB, DSO, LVO (1975)
• General Sir Arthur MacDonald KBE, CB (1977)
• General Sir Phillip Bennett AC, KBE, DSO (1984)
• General Peter Gration AC, OBE (1987)
• General John Baker AC, DSM (1995)
• General Peter Cosgrove AC, MC (2002)
• General David Hurley AC, DSC (2011)

Although he was a British Army officer, General William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood held the rank of General in the First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) from 1917, and in the Australian Army from 1920.