The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Ian Ross Campbell

Campbell, Ian Ross

Major-General

* 23rd of March 1900

† 31st of October 1997

Promotions

1941-04-08 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-05-11 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-05-11 Colonel
1945-05-11 Temporary Brigadier
1947-02-28 Relinquishes the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1947-03-01 Granted the Honorary rank of Brigadier
1949-01-01 Temporary Brigadier
1952-11-02 Brigadier
1954-05-25 Temporary Major-General
1954-09-13 Major-General

Service

1941-04-08 1941-09-27 Temporary Commanding Officer 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion [North Africa]
1941-09-27 1945-04-14 Prisoner of War [Italy - Germany]
1945-05-11 1945-09-16 Commanding Officer Australian Imperial Force Reception Group United Kingdom
1945-11-24 1947-02-28 Deputy Adjutant-General 1, Army Headquarters
1947-03-01 1948-12-31 Deputy Director of Military Training, Army Headquarters
1949-01-01 1949-04-04 Commanding Officer 34th Infantry Brigade
1949-01-01 1951-08-26 Director of Infantry, Army Headquarters
1949-04-02 1949-08-14 Commandant of the Royal Military College Duntroon
1949-04-05 1951-08-26 Commanding Officer 1st Australian Infantry Brigade
1951-08-27 1951-12-15 Brigadier in Charge of Administration, British Commonwealth Forces in Japan
1951-08-27 1951-12-15 Commanding Officer, Australian Military Forces Component, British Commonwealth Forces in Japan
1951-12-15 1952-07-11 Commanding Officer Australian Military Forces Component, British Commonwealth Forces in Korea
1952-07-11 1953-06-26 Commanding Officer Army Component, British Commonwealth Forces in Korea
1953-06-26 1953-08-13 Unemployed
1953-08-14 1954-05-24 Commandant of the Australian Staff College
1954-05-25 1957-05-23 Commandant of the Royal Military College Duntroon
1957-03-25 1960-07-01 Honorary Colonel, 30th Infantry Battalion
1957-05-23 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley