Historical Profiles
General Francis George (Frank) Hassett, AC, KBE, CB, DSO
Frank Hassett was born on 11 April 1918 in Marrickville, Sydney. He ended his career 59 ye [...]
Air Vice Marshal Francis Hubert (Frank) McNamara, VC, CB, CBE
Frank McNamara was the first Australian airman to be awarded the Victoria Cross. He w [...]
Brigadier General Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, CB, CMG, DSO, DCM, VD
Harold "Pompey" Elliott was a senior First World War officer, businessman, [...]
General Henry George (Harry) Chauvel, GCMG, KCB
Harry Chauvel was born in Tabulam, New South Wales, on 16 April 1865. He began his education at Syd [...]
Air Commodore Arthur Henry (Harry) Cobby, CBE, DSO, DFC, GM
Harry Cobby was born in Prahran, Melbourne, on 26 August 1894. At the age of 18 Cobby r [...]
General John Monash, GCMG, KCB
Arguably Australia's most famous soldier, John Monash was born in Melbourne on 27 June 1865. He was dux of Scotch Co [...]
Rear Admiral Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle, KCVO, CMG, DSO
Leighton Bracegirdle was a career naval officer whose service began before Federation and [...]
Lieutenant General Leslie James Morshead, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO
Leslie Morshead won fame as the defender of Tobruk during the Second World War and is [...]
General Peter John Cosgrove, AC, MC
Peter Cosgrove graduated from the Royal Military College Duntroon in 1968 and has risen to become the Chief of [...]
Field Marshal Thomas Albert Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED
Thomas Blamey, born near Wagga Wagga on 24 January 1884, became the first Australian arm [...]
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