Appointees
| Rank | Name | Post- Nominals |
Service | Term began | Term ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Marshal | Funnell, RayRay Funnell | AO | RAAF | 01986-06-01 June 1986 | 01987-01-01 January 1987 |
| Vice Admiral | Knox, IanIan Knox | AC | RAN | 01987-01-01 January 1987 | 01989-09-01 September 1989 |
| Vice Admiral | Beaumont, AlanAlan Beaumont | AC | RAN | 01989-09-01 September 1989 | 01992-10-01 October 1992 |
| Lieutenant General | Baker, JohnJohn Baker | AC | Army | 01992-10-01 October 1992 | 01995-04-01 April 1995 |
| Vice Admiral | Walls, RobertRobert Walls | AO | RAN | 01995-04-01 April 1995 | 01997-03-01 March 1997 |
| Vice Admiral | Barrie, ChrisChris Barrie | AC | RAN | 01997-03-01 March 1997 | 01998-07-033 July 1998 |
| Air Marshal | Riding, DouglasDouglas Riding | AO, DFC | RAAF | 01998-07-033 July 1998 | 02000-07-01 July 2000 |
| Lieutenant General | Mueller, DesmondDesmond Mueller | AO | Army | 02000-07-01 July 2000 | 02002-07-01 July 2002 |
| Vice Admiral | Shalders, RussRuss Shalders | AO, CSC | RAN | 02002-07-01 July 2002 | 02005-07-01 July 2005 |
| Lieutenant General | Gillespie, KenKen Gillespie | AO, DSC, CSM | Army | 02005-07-01 July 2005 | 02008-07-01 July 2008 |
| Lieutenant General | Hurley, DavidDavid Hurley | AC, DSC | Army | 02008-07-01 July 2008 | 02011-07-01 July 2011 |
| Air Marshal | Binskin, MarkMark Binskin | AO | RAAF | 02011-07-01 July 2011 | 02014-07-01 July 2014 (est) |
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