Commanding Officers
- 10 Oct. 1941 - Maj-Gen Ronald Scobie
- 10 Feb. 1942 (acting) - Brig. C.E.N. Lomax
- 18 Feb. 1942 - Maj-Gen. G.W. Symes
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