John Raymond Broadbent (Quartermaster-General)
Brigadier John Raymond Broadbent CBE (18 February 1893 (1893-02-18) – 28 February 1972 (1972-02-29) (aged 79)) was an Australian Army officer in World War II.
Broadbent, Service Number: NX34728 (N8), was born in Ballarat, Victoria and enlisted in Sydney on 14 June 1940. He held the following posts:
| 1940 | Commanding Officer 7th Light Horse |
| 1940 | General Staff Officer 1 1st Australian Cavalry Division |
| 1940 - 1941 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General 8th Australian Infantry Division |
| 1942 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General New Guinea Force |
| 1942 - 1943 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General I Australian Corps |
| 1943 - 1944 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General II Australian Corps |
| 1944 - 1945 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General I Australian Corps |
He was a Temporary Brigadier and Mentioned in Dispatches in 1945.
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