Commanding Officers
The following is a list of officers that served as the 7th Battalion's commanding officer during the two World Wars:
First World War:
- Lieutenant Colonel Harold Edward Elliott;
- Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Jackson;
- Lieutenant Colonel Carl Herman Jess;
- Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Edward Herrod.
Second World War:
- Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Marcell Conran;
- Lieutenant Colonel Howard Leslie Ewin Dunkley;
- Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Thomas Henry Goucher;
- Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Moore Norris;
- Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Markham Sadler;
- Lieutenant Colonel Peter Glynn Clifton Webster;
- Lieutenant Colonel John Alfred Wilmoth.
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