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- ↑ "Appointment of Australian Defence Force Senior Leadership". Media Releases. Office of the Minister for Defence. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- 1 2 Vice Chief of the Defence Force Group Organisational Chart
- 1 2 Vice Chief of the Defence Force Group overview of Commands and Divisions overview
- ↑ Australian Civil-Military Centre overview
- ↑ "Australian Defence College | Defence Activities | Defence". defence.gov.au. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ↑ Australian Government Directory overview of the Joint Health Command
- ↑ Joint Capabilities Group Joint Military Police Unit Joint Military Police Unit
- ↑ Joint Service Police Group launched Archived 21 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine Royal Australian Navy
- ↑ "Vice Admiral Jonathan Dallas Mead". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ↑ "Lieutenant General John Frewen, DSC, AM". Department of Defence. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ "Defence Attaché – Head of Australian Defence Staff". Australian Embassy to the United States. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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