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390:Chief of the General Staff (1920–23, 1940)
339:Inspector-in-Chief Volunteer Defence Corps
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770:. 6 June 2014. p. 48. Archived from
199:Prior to 1958, Australian generals (and
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572:Chief of the Defence Force (1995–98)
551:Chief of the Defence Force (1987–93)
453:Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee
420:General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
1058:Australia-United States Rank Code
957:Australian Dictionary of Biography
715:British Army officer rank insignia
635:Chief of the Defence Force (2018–)
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952:"Northcott, Sir John (1890–1966)"
900:Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
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793:Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
414:Commander of Allied Land Forces,
695:List of Australian Army generals
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479:Chief of the Defence Force Staff
190:British military rank of general
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757:"Chapter 4: Badges and Emblems"
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214:General is a higher rank than
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896:"Australian Military Forces"
870:"Australian Military Forces"
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818:"Australian Military Forces"
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653:general in the British Army
311:General Officer Commanding
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651:also attained the rank of
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423:Australian Military Forces
343:Chief of the General Staff
232:Royal Australian Air Force
209:Chief of the Defence Force
192:; it is also considered a
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789:"Grant of Honorary Rank"
237:A general's insignia is
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224:Royal Australian Navy
964:. pp. 493–494.
492:Sir Arthur MacDonald
297:Sir William Birdwood
241:above a star of the
47:above a star of the
43:The GEN insignia of
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876:. 25 September 1941
515:Sir Phillip Bennett
427:Middle East Command
378:Sir Brudenell White
249:Australian generals
948:Coates, Henry John
824:. 14 November 1929
795:. 19 February 1920
645:Sir John Northcott
583:Sir Peter Cosgrove
216:lieutenant general
142:Lieutenant general
45:Crown of St Edward
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401:Sir Thomas Blamey
326:Sir Harry Chauvel
243:Order of the Bath
239:St Edward's Crown
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659:See also
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230:in the
222:in the
220:admiral
178:General
153:Admiral
57:Country
31:General
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