The Generals of WWII
Generals from Australia
Secombe, Victor Clarence
Lieutenant-General
* 9th of January 1897
† 3rd of February 1962
Promotions
| 1939-11-02 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-04-04 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-05-07 | Colonel |
| 1941-11-11 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1949-01-01 | Brigadier |
| 1949-09-01 | Temporary Major-General |
Service
| 1936-12-09 | – | 1939-12-29 | Instructor at Royal Military College Duntroon |
| 1939-12-30 | – | 1940-04-03 | General Staff Officer 1, G Branch, Army Headquarters |
| 1940-04-04 | – | 1941-05-06 | Commander Royal Engineers, 7th Australian Infantry Division |
| 1941-05-07 | – | 1941-10-31 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 7th Australian Infantry Division [Middle East] |
| 1941-11-01 | – | 1942-04-05 | Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, I Australian Corps [Middle East] |
| 1941-11-01 | – | 1942-04-05 | Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, Australian Imperial Force [Middle East] |
| 1942-04-06 | – | 1942-10-03 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 2nd Australian Army |
| 1942-10-04 | – | 1943-03-14 | Deputy Commanding Officer Service Command, New Guinea Force |
| 1943-03-15 | – | 1943-06-19 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, I Australian Corps |
| 1943-03-15 | – | 1943-06-19 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, New Guinea Force |
| 1943-06-20 | – | 1944-04-02 | Deputy Quartermaster-General 3, Q Branch, Army Headquarters |
| 1944-04-03 | – | 1944-09-22 | Attached for duty with Northern Territory Forces |
| 1944-09-23 | – | 1944-10-26 | Acting Deputy Quartermaster-General 1, Q Branch, Army Headquarters |
| 1944-10-27 | – | 1945-10-02 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Advanced Land Headquarters |
| 1945-10-03 | – | 1946-02-28 | Deputy Quartermaster-General 1 (Maintenance), Q Branch, Army Headquarters |
| 1946-03-01 | – | 1948-12-31 | Engineer in Chief, Army Headquarters |
| 1949-01-01 | – | 1950-11-XX | Master-General of the Ordnance, Army Headquarters |
| 1949-01-01 | – | 1950-11-XX | Fourth Military Member of the Military Board |
| 1950-11-XX | – | 1951-11-XX | General Officer Commander in Chief Northern Command |
| 1951-11-XX | – | 1952-05-XX | General Officer Commander in Chief Eastern Command |
| 1952-05-XX | – | 1954-04-04 | General Officer Commander in Chief Northern Command |
| 1954-04-04 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley