The Generals of WWII
Generals from Australia
Rourke, Henry Gordon
Brigadier
* 26th of June 1896
† 1973
Promotions
| 1939-11-02 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-03-05 | Colonel |
| 1941-08-14 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-10-31 | Relinquishes the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1946-09-09 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1949-01-01 | Brigadier |
Service
| 1938-11-14 | – | 1939-11-12 | Instructor at the Command & Staff School |
| 1939-11-13 | – | 1940-04-03 | General Staff Officer 1, G Branch, Army Headquarters |
| 1940-04-04 | – | 1940-08-04 | General Staff Officer 2 (Operations), I Australian Corps |
| 1940-08-05 | – | 1941-07-21 | General Staff Officer 1, 8th Australian Infantry Division |
| 1941-08-14 | – | 1942-04-05 | Commander Royal Artillery, 7th Australian Infantry Division [Middle East] |
| 1942-04-06 | – | 1942-09-22 | Brigadier General Staff, I Australian Corps [New Guinea] |
| 1943-12-18 | – | 1946-09-08 | Military Assistant to the Australian Accredited Representative in the British War Cabinet [Great Britain] |
| 1945-08-23 | – | 1945-09-08 | Army Member, Staff of the Australian High Commissioner in London [Great Britain] |
| 1946-09-09 | – | Attached to the Department of Defence | |
| 1951-XX-XX | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley