The Generals of WWII
Generals from Australia
Lavarack, John Dudley
Lieutenant-General
* 19th of December 1885
† 4th of December 1957
Promotions
| 1919-11-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1920-04-01 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1920-10-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1926-08-01 | Brevet Colonel |
| 1935-01-01 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1935-04-21 | Colonel |
| 1935-04-21 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1935-06-01 | Major-General |
| 1939-10-13 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1940-04-04 | Reverts to the rank of Major-General |
| 1941-06-18 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1941-12-17 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1941-06-18) |
Service
| 1917-12-19 | – | 1919-05-19 | General Staff Officer 1, 4th Australian Infantry Division |
| 1920-02-28 | – | 1924-01-20 | Director of Military Art, Royal Military College Duntroon |
| 1924-01-31 | – | 1924-12-31 | Staff Officer, G Branch, 2nd Australian Infantry Division |
| 1925-01-01 | – | 1925-02-28 | Temporary Staff Officer, G Branch, Army Headquarters |
| 1925-03-01 | – | 1927-12-05 | Director Military Training, Army Headquarters |
| 1927-12-06 | – | 1929-02-05 | Attending the Imperial Defence College [Great Britain] |
| 1929-02-06 | – | 1932-12-31 | Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, Army Headquarters |
| 1933-01-01 | – | 1935-04-20 | Commandant of the Royal Military College |
| 1935-04-21 | – | 1939-10-12 | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1935-04-21 | – | 1939-10-12 | First Military Member of the Military Board |
| 1935-04-21 | – | 1939-10-12 | Chief of the Australian Section, Imperial General Staff [Great Britain] |
| 1939-06-29 | – | 1955-05-05 | Honorary Colonel, 58th Battalion/32nd Infantry Battalion |
| 1939-10-13 | – | 1940-04-03 | General Officer Commander in Chief Southern Command |
| 1939-11-02 | – | 1940-04-03 | District Officer Commanding 3rd Military District |
| 1940-04-04 | – | 1941-06-17 | General Officer Commanding 7th Australian Infantry Division [Middle East] |
| 1941-04-07 | – | 1941-04-14 | General Officer Commanding Cyrenaica Command [North Africa] |
| 1941-06-18 | – | 1942-04-05 | General Officer Commanding I Australian Corps [Middle East - Pacific] |
| 1942-04-06 | – | 1944-02-29 | General Officer Commanding 1st Australian Army |
| 1944-03-01 | – | 1946-05-27 | Head of the Australian Military Mission to USA |
| 1946-05-27 | – | 1946-09-18 | Unemployed |
| 1946-09-18 | Retired | ||
| 1949-10-06 | – | Honorary Colonel, 9th Infantry Battalion |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley