Appointments
| Rank and pre-nominal |
Name |
post-nominal(s) |
Service |
Term began |
Term ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee | |||||
| Lieutenant General Sir | Wells, HenryHenry Wells | KBE, CB, DSO | Army | 01958-03-2323 March 1958 | 01959-03-2222 March 1959 |
| Vice Admiral Sir | Dowling, RoyRoy Dowling | KBE, CB, DSO | Navy | 01959-03-2323 March 1959 | 01961-05-2727 May 1961 |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir | Scherger, FrederickFrederick Scherger | KBE, CB, DSO, AFC | Air Force | 01961-05-2828 May 1961 | 01966-05-1818 May 1966 |
| General Sir | Wilton, JohnJohn Wilton | KBE, CB, DSO | Army | 01966-05-1919 May 1966 | 01970-11-2222 November 1970 |
| Admiral Sir | Smith, VictorVictor Smith | AC, KBE, CB, DSC | Navy | 01970-11-2323 November 1970 | 01975-11-2323 November 1975 |
| General | Hassett, FrankFrank Hassett | AC, CB, CBE, DSO, LVO | Army | 01975-11-2424 November 1975 | 01976-02-088 February 1976 |
| Chief of Defence Force Staff | |||||
| General Sir | Hassett, FrankFrank Hassett | AC, KBE, CB, DSO, LVO | Army | 01976-02-099 February 1976 | 01977-04-2020 April 1977 |
| General Sir | MacDonald, ArthurArthur MacDonald | KBE, CB | Army | 01977-04-2121 April 1977 | 01979-04-2020 April 1979 |
| Admiral Sir | Synnot, AnthonyAnthony Synnot | KBE, AO | Navy | 01979-04-2121 April 1979 | 01982-04-2020 April 1982 |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir | McNamara, NevilleNeville McNamara | KBE, AO, AFC, AE | Air Force | 01982-04-2121 April 1982 | 01984-04-1212 April 1984 |
| General Sir | Bennett, PhillipPhillip Bennett | AC, KBE, DSO | Army | 01984-04-1313 April 1984 | 01984-10-2525 October 1984 |
| Chief of the Defence Force | |||||
| General Sir | Bennett, PhillipPhillip Bennett | AC, KBE, DSO | Army | 01984-10-2626 October 1984 | 01987-04-1212 April 1987 |
| General | Gration, PeterPeter Gration | AC, OBE | Army | 01987-04-1313 April 1987 | 01993-04-1616 April 1993 |
| Admiral | Beaumont, AlanAlan Beaumont | AC | Navy | 01993-04-1717 April 1993 | 01995-07-066 July 1995 |
| General | Baker, JohnJohn Baker | AC, DSM | Army | 01995-07-077 July 1995 | 01998-07-033 July 1998 |
| Admiral | Barrie, ChrisChris Barrie | AC | Navy | 01998-07-044 July 1998 | 02002-07-033 July 2002 |
| General | Cosgrove, PeterPeter Cosgrove | AC, MC | Army | 02002-07-044 July 2002 | 02005-07-033 July 2005 |
| Air Chief Marshal | Houston, AngusAngus Houston | AC, AFC | Air Force | 02005-07-044 July 2005 | 02011-07-044 July 2011 |
| General | Hurley, DavidDavid Hurley | AC, DSC | Army | 02011-07-044 July 2011 | Incumbent |
On 19 March 2008, it was announced that Air Chief Marshal Houston's appointment had been extended to 3 July 2011.
On 1 June 2011, it was announced that Air Chief Marshal Houston's appointment would cease on 3 July 2011. Prime Minister Julia Gillard recommended to the Governor-General that Lieutenant General David Hurley take over as Chief of the Defence Force effective 4 July 2011.
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“All appointments hurt. Five friends are made cold or hostile for every appointment; no new friends are made. All patronage is perilous to men of real ability or merit. It aids only those who lack other claims to public support.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)