The Generals of WWII
Generals from Australia
Beavis, Leslie Ellis
Major-General
* 25th of January 1895
† 27th of September 1975
Promotions
| 1935-07-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1938-07-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-11-02 | Colonel |
| 1940-12-17 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-04-06 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1942-09-01 | Major-General |
Service
| 1936-04-23 | – | 1937-04-22 | Chairman of the Supply Board |
| 1936-04-23 | – | 1937-09-30 | Brigade-Major, 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade |
| 1937-10-01 | – | 1938-08-31 | Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (P), Army Headquarters |
| 1938-09-01 | – | 1939-11-01 | General Staff Officer 1 (Staff Duties), Army Headquarters |
| 1939-11-02 | – | 1940-04-19 | Director of Staff Duties, Army Headquarters |
| 1940-04-04 | – | 1940-11-27 | Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, I Australian Corps |
| 1940-11-28 | – | 1940-12-16 | Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, Australian Imperial Force [Middle East] 17.12.40-05.04.42: Director of Ordnance Services, Australian Imperial Force [Middle East] |
| 1941-02-08 | – | 1941-03-07 | Deputy Quartermaster-General, Australian Imperial Force [Middle East] |
| 1942-04-05 | – | 1946-12-01 | Master-General of the Ordnance, Army Headquarters |
| 1946-03-01 | – | 1946-12-01 | Fourth Military Member of the Military Board |
| 1946-12-02 | – | 1948-12-16 | Chairman of the New Weapons & Equipment Development Committee, Department of Defence |
| 1946-12-11 | – | 1947-02-19 | Chairman of the Australian Committee on Guided Projectiles, Department of Defence |
| 1947-02-19 | – | 1950-02-02 | Defence Representative on the Long Range Weapons Board of Administration, Department of Supply |
| 1947-05-23 | – | Chairman of the Principal Administration Officers' Committee (Maintenance & Materials) | |
| 1948-12-17 | – | 1950-10-24 | Defence Representative on the Defence Research & Development Policy Committee |
| 1948-12-17 | – | Deputy Chairman of the Joint War Production Committee | |
| 1948-12-17 | – | Chairman of the Joint War Production Planning Staff | |
| 1952-XX-XX | Retired | ||
| 1952-XX-XX | – | 1954-XX-XX | Australian High Commissioner in Pakistan |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley