The Generals of WWII
Generals from Australia
Wells, Henry
Lieutenant-General
* 22nd of March 1898
† 20th of October 1973
Nickname: Bomba
Promotions
| 1940-12-26 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-11-01 | Colonel |
| 1943-04-28 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-07-16 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-11-29 | Relinquishes the Temporary rank of Major-General |
| 1946-11-30 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1949-01-01 | Brigadier |
| 1949-01-01 | Temporary Major-General |
Service
| 1940-12-26 | – | 1941-06-03 | Senior Liaison Officer, I Australian Corps |
| 1941-06-04 | – | 1941-10-30 | General Staff Officer 2 (Operations), I Australian Corps |
| 1941-11-01 | – | 1943-03-08 | General Staff Officer 1, 9th Australian Infantry Division |
| 1943-03-09 | – | 1944-04-11 | Brigadier General Staff, II Australian Corps |
| 1944-04-12 | – | 1945-09-16 | Brigadier General Staff, I Australian Corps |
| 1945-12-03 | – | 1946-02-03 | Attached to Army Headquarters |
| 1946-02-04 | – | 1946-03-14 | Brigadier General Staff, Army Headquarters |
| 1946-03-15 | – | 1946-07-15 | Director of Military Operations & Planning, Army Headquarters |
| 1946-07-16 | – | 1946-11-30 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| 1946-12-01 | – | 1948-02-15 | Attending the Imperial Defence College [Great Britain] |
| 1948-02-16 | – | 1948-12-31 | Commandant of Royal Military College Wings |
| 1949-01-01 | – | Commandant of Royal Military College Dontroon | |
| 1953-XX-XX | – | 1954-XX-XX | Commander in Chief British Commonwealth Forces Korea |
| 1954-XX-XX | – | 1958-XX-XX | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1958-XX-XX | – | 1959-XX-XX | Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee |
| 1959-03-22 | Retired |
Picture source: http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/MELJ0351