The following is an incomplete list of Australian generals and brigadiers.

Ranks included are:

Senior Officer: brigadier.

General: brigadier general, major general

Major General (Australia)

Major General is a senior rank of the Australian Army, and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of Major General. It is the third-highest active rank of the Australian Army, and is considered to be equivalent to a two-star rank...

, lieutenant general

Lieutenant General (Australia)

Lieutenant general is the second-highest active rank of the Australian Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of lieutenant general. It is also considered a three-star rank....

, general

General (Australia)

General is the second highest rank, and the highest active rank, of the Australian Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of General; it is also considered a four-star rank....

.An Australian brigadier is not classed as a "general", whereas an Australian brigadier general was.

The British Army replaced the rank of brigadier general with colonel-commandant in 1922, and then with brigadier in 1928. The rank insignia was changed from crossed sabre and baton to crown with three stars ("pips") to reflect that a brigadier is a senior colonel rather than a junior general.

The Australian Army did something similar. The Cadet Instructor's Handbook 2006 section 1.26 on the 11th of the 104 pages says:

1.25 At the end of World War I the British Government told the British Army that it had too many generals and that they were to be reduced in numbers. The Army did just that; it removed the word ‘general’ and was left with fewer generals and, at the same time, had created a ‘new’ rank.

1.26 The rank of brigadier general was abolished in the Australian Army in 1921, and it was eventually replaced by that of brigadier in 1929. In the interim titles such as ‘colonel-in-command’, ‘colonel-of-staff’ and ‘colonel-commandant’ were used for officers posted into that level of command.

Chris Jobson's Looking Forward, Looking Back: Customs and Traditions of the Australian Army, page 14, says much the same.

Marshal: field marshal

Field Marshal (Australia)

Field Marshal is the highest rank of the Australian Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of field marshal. A five-star rank, the equivalent ranks in the other armed services are Admiral of the Fleet and Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force...

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List

Rank	Name	Born	Died	Notes
Brigadier		1898	?
Brigadier		?	?
Brigadier		1888	?	generals.dk
Major General		1894	1959
Brigadier General		1865	1940
Major General		1894	1973	generals.dk
Brigadier		1894	1941	generals.dk
Brigadier		?	–
Major General		1866	1937
Major General		1940	–
Brigadier		1909	?	generals.dk
Brigadier		1916	1985
Brigadier		?	–
Brigadier		1891	?
General		1936	2007
Brigadier		1888	?	generals.dk
Brigadier		1900	?	generals.dk
Brigadier		1895	1981
Brigadier		1898	1958
Major General		1895	1975
Lieutenant General		1887	1962
General		1928	–
Lieutenant General		1894	1981
Brigadier General		1877	1947
Lieutenant General		1899	1993	generals.dk
Brigadier		1900	?	generals.dk
Field Marshal		1865	1951
Brigadier		1892	1960	generals.dk
Major General		1887	?	generals.dk
Field Marshal		1884	1951	generals.dk
Brigadier		?	?
Lieutenant General		1894	1964
Brigadier		1956	–
Major General		1873	1961
Lieutenant General		1894	1971
Major General		1861	1915
Brigadier		1893	1972	generals.dk
Major General		1914	2006
Lieutenant General		1915	1994
Brigadier General		1856	1943	a.k.a. Spencer Browne
Major General		1873	1961
Brigadier		1886	1957
Major General		1880	1964
Major General
Brigadier		1897	1973
Major General		1856	1920
Major General		1888	1960	generals.dk
Brigadier		1906	?	generals.dk
Major General		1928	–
Brigadier		?	–
Major General		1960	–
Major General		1890	1967
Brigadier		1894	1982
Major General		1900	?	generals.dk
Major General		1882	1976
Major General		?	–
Major General		?	–
Major General		?	–
Brigadier		1900	1971	generals.dk
Major General		1896	1963
Brigadier		1891	1955
General		1865	1945
Brigadier		1905	2007	generals.dk
Brigadier General		1868	1931
Brigadier		1896	?	generals.dk
Brigadier		1891	?	generals.dk
Brigadier		1894	?	generals.dk
Brigadier		1901	1975
Brigadier		?	–
Lieutenant General		1892	1968
Lieutenant General		1932	–
Brigadier		1900	?	generals.dk
Brigadier		1881	1946
Brigadier		1894	?	generals.dk
Major General				Director DIO 1995–1996
General		1947	–
Major General		1958	–	First female MajGen; second female 2* (AVM Julie Hammer)
Major General		1863	1944
Major General		1870	1949
Brigadier		1894	?	generals.dk
Brigadier		1899	1943	generals.dk
Brigadier		1897	1962	generals.dk
Major General				Director DIO 1997–1999
Major General		1909	2007
Lieutenant General		1913	2004
Major General
Brigadier		?	–
Major General		1873	1943
Major General		1907	1998
Major General
Major General		1885	1945
Major General		1884	1949
Lieutenant General		1923	–
Major General		1885	1963
Brigadier		1900	1988
Major General		1901	1993
Lieutenant General
Major General		1878	1931
Brigadier
Lieutenant General		1953	–
Brigadier		1891	1966
Brigadier		1899	1974
Major General		1852	1924
Major General
Major General		1876	1942
Major General		1867	1928
Brigadier General		1855	1919
Major General
Major General		1958	–
Major General		1897	1971
Lieutenant General		1900	1977
Brigadier
Major General		1872	1945
Lieutenant General		1952	–
Brigadier General		1873	1916
Major General		1876	1955
Brigadier General		1869	1955
Major General		1952	–
Major General		1856	1929
Major General		1940	–
Major General		1920	1996
Brigadier General		1870	1939
General		1932	–
Lieutenant General		1939	–
Brigadier General		1865	1947
Major General		1869	1949
Major General		1947	–	CJLOG 2000–03
Major General		1905	1961
Major General				Director DIO 1992–1995
General		1918	2008
Brigadier General		1874	1954
Brigadier
Lieutenant General		1892	1982
Brigadier General		1881	1951
Lieutenant General		1941	–
Major General		?	–
Major General		1856	1911
Lieutenant General		1864	1938
Major General		1947	–
Major General		1862	1917
Major General		1897	1990
Brigadier			–
Major General		1863	1930
Major General		1858	1944
Major General		1929	–
Major General		1920	2003
Lieutenant General		1953	–
Lieutenant General		1848	1923
Major General		1867	1937
Brigadier		1898	1965
Brigadier		1919	2004
Major General		1937	–
Brigadier
Lieutenant General		1884	1948
Brigadier General		1875	1933
Major General		1868	1949
Major General		1945	–
Brigadier			–	Comd LSF/17 (CSS) Bde 2005–06
Brigadier		1889	1952
Major General		?	–
Major General		1912	1975
Brigadier General		1885	1960
Brigadier
Lieutenant General		1885	1957
Lieutenant General		1952	–
Brigadier General		1878	1962
Lieutenant General		1863	1947
Major General		1900	1977
Major General		1954	–
Brigadier
Major General		1883	1957
Brigadier		1894	1965
Brigadier General		1874	1930
Major General				nephew of George & James
Brigadier General		1875	1931	brother of James; uncle of Denzil
Major General		1867	1946	brother of George; uncle of Denzil
Lieutenant General		1864	1930
General		1919	1995
Brigadier General		1869	1946
Lieutenant General		1882	1966
Major General
Brigadier
Brigadier General		1878	1915
Brigadier			–
Major General				Major General M.R. McNarn AO DDIO 2005–2009
Major General				refer Walter McNicoll (his father)
Brigadier General		1877	1947
Major General		?	–
Brigadier
Brigadier General		1875	1950
Brigadier		1892	1969
Major General
Brigadier General		1864	1942
Brigadier
Major General		?	–
General		1865	1931
Brigadier			–
Major General		1870	1936
Brigadier		1894	1966	generals.dk
Major General		1888	1975
Major General		1927	2008
Major General		1956	–
Lieutenant General		1889	1959
Lieutenant General		1943	–
Major General		1892	1951
Brigadier		?	–
Lieutenant General		1893	1966
Lieutenant General		1890	1966
Brigadier			–
Lieutenant General		1933	–
Major General			–	HPC 2009–present
Major General		1867	1943
Major General		1918	–
Brigadier			–
Major General		1882	1966
Lieutenant General		1903	1978
Major General		1905	1963
Brigadier		1896	1968
Major General
Brigadier
Major General		1861	1927
Brigadier General		1869	1940
Major General		1887	1957
Major General		1901	1992
Major General		1945	–
Lieutenant General		1894	1960
Major General		1875	1954
Lieutenant General		1894	1975
Major General		1865	1937
Lieutenant General		1940	–
Brigadier			–	Comd 17 Bde 2007–08, DGSL 2009–10
Lieutenant General		1890	1954
Lieutenant General		1897	1962
Major General		1866	1928
Brigadier		1915	2002
Brigadier			–
Major General		1880	1964
Major General
Lieutenant General		1891	1961
Brigadier
Brigadier General		1881	1928
Lieutenant General		1882	1940	CGS 1939–40
Major General		1892	1955
Major General		1895
Brigadier General		1884	1947
Brigadier		1923	2003
Major General
Brigadier		1903	1985
Lieutenant General
Major General		1960	–
Major General
Brigadier		1894	1985
Brigadier		1893	1944
Major General		1895	1945
Brigadier		1895	1971
Brigadier		1907	?
Major General		?	?
Brigadier		1893	?
Major General		1889	?
Brigadier		1895	1965
Brigadier		1892	?
Brigadier		?	?
Brigadier		1896	?
Lieutenant General		1898	1973
Brigadier		1892	1977
General		1876	1940
Brigadier		1886	1992
Brigadier				Son of Maj Gen John Whitelaw (1894-1964). Brother of Maj Gen John Whitelaw (1921-2010)
Major General		1894	1964
Major General		1921	2010
Lieutenant General		1881	1952
Brigadier		1884	?
Brigadier		?	?
Brigadier		1884	?
Brigadier		1896	?
Major General		1884	1950
Brigadier		1896	1977
Major General		1897	?
Brigadier General		1871	1947
Major General		1947	–
Major General		1955	–
General		1910	1981
Major General		1900	1987
Brigadier		1906	1971
Brigadier General		1869	1945
Brigadier		1906	–
Lieutenant General		1899	1967
Major General		1893	1970
Brigadier		1891	1980	generals.dk
Lieutenant General		1886	1945

See also

• List of Australian admirals and commodores
• List of Australian air marshals

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:Category:Royal Australian Navy admirals
:Category:Royal Australian Air Force air marshals

External links

• General Officers of the First AIF at www.aif.adfa.edu.au
• Australian Generals of WWII at www.generals.dk
• Current Chief of Army at www.defence.gov.au
• Australian WWI 1st Div.