Lieutenant General John Murray Sanderson,is a retired senior Australian Army officer and vice-regal representative. He served as Force Commander of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia from 1992 to 1993,Chief of Army from 1995 to 1998,and was the 29th Governor of Western Australia from 2000 to 2005.
Major General John Patrick Cantwell,is a retired senior Australian Army officer.
Lieutenant General Sir Reginald George Pollard,was a senior commander in the Australian Army. He served as Chief of the General Staff from 1960 to 1963.
Major General Timothy Joseph McOwan,is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He served as Special Operations Commander Australia from February 2008 until January 2011,and the Australian Defence Attachéand Head Australian Defence Staff in Washington,D.C. He retired from the army in 2014.
Lieutenant General Desmond Maurice "Des" Mueller is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He served as Vice Chief of the Defence Force from June 2000 until his retirement in July 2002.
Major General Mark Andrew Kelly,is a former senior officer in the Australian Army. He served as Commander Joint Task Force 633 commanding all Australian Forces in the Middle East Area of Operations and Afghanistan from 12 January 2009 until 14 January 2010,and as Land Commander Australia from July 2005 to December 2008. He was appointed as the Repatriation Commissioner on 1 July 2010 and served in that role until 30 June 2019.
Major General Richard Gary Wilson,AO is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He served as Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation from 2009 to 2011,and Chairman of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority in the wake of the 2010–11 Queensland floods.
Lieutenant General Brian Ashley "Ash" Power is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. Power served as Chief of Joint Operations from 2011 until his retirement in May 2014.
Lieutenant General Sir Mervyn Francis Brogan,was a senior officer in the Australian Army who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1971 to 1973.
Lieutenant General John Graham Caligari,is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He served as Chief Capability Development Group from October 2014 until his retirement in August 2015.
Lieutenant General Richard Maxwell "Rick" Burr,is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army,who served as Chief of Army from 2 July 2018 to 1 July 2022. He was previously Commander 1st Division from 2011 to 2012,Deputy Commanding General –Operations,United States Army Pacific from January 2013 to November 2014,and Deputy Chief of Army from 2015 to 2018.
Major General Stuart Lyle Smith,is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He commanded the 1st Division from October 2012 until November 2015,when he was appointed Deputy Chief of Joint Operations.
General Angus John Campbell,is a senior officer in the Australian Army,serving as the Chief of the Defence Force since 6 July 2018. He was previously posted as Commander Operation Sovereign Borders from September 2013 until he was appointed Chief of Army in May 2015.
Major General Paul David McLachlan,is a retired senior Australian Army officer. He commanded the 1st Division from November 2015 to December 2018.
Lieutenant General John James Frewen,is a senior officer in the Australian Army. He joined the army via the Royal Military College,Duntroon and was commissioned into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps in 1986. He was posted to the First Battalion of the Royal Australia Regiment (1RAR),were he took up the role as Platoon Commander - 7 Platoon Charlie Company. He has commanded the 2nd Battalion,Royal Australian Regiment (2003–04),Combined Task Force 635 (2003),the 1st Brigade (2012–14),Military Strategic Commitments Division (2014–16) and Joint Task Force 633 (2017–18),and deployed on operations to Rwanda,the Solomon Islands and Afghanistan. He was appointed Principal Deputy Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate in March 2018,Coordinator General of the National COVID Vaccine Taskforce in June 2021,and Chief of Joint Capabilities in September 2021.
Major General Justin Frederick Ellwood,,commonly known as Jake Ellwood,is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He joined the army via the Royal Military College,Duntroon in 1989 and was commissioned into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. He commanded the 5th Battalion,Royal Australian Regiment (2006–08),Overwatch Battle Group (West) (2007),Battle Group Tiger (2008) and the Combat Training Centre,and deployed on operations to Kosovo,East Timor,Iraq and Afghanistan. He served as Deputy Chief of Army from May to December 2018,and commanded the 1st Division from December 2018 to November 2021.
Major General Susan May Coyle,is a senior officer in the Australian Army. She joined the army as a reservist in 1987 and,following training at the Australian Defence Force Academy,was commissioned into the Royal Australian Corps of Signals in 1992. She has commanded the 104th Signal Squadron (2003–04),17th Signal Regiment (2009–10),Task Group Afghanistan (2015) and the 6th Combat Support Brigade (2017–19),and has deployed on operations to East Timor,the Solomon Islands and Afghanistan. She was appointed Commander Joint Task Force 633,with responsibility for all Australian operations in the Middle East,from January to November 2020. She was the first woman to command the task force,which had oversight for 1,200 personnel under Operation Accordion. Coyle was Head Information Warfare from January 2021 to November 2022,when she was appointed Commander Forces Command.
Lieutenant General Simon Andrew Stuart,is a senior officer of the Australian Army who has served as the Chief of Army since July 2022. He was commissioned into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps from the Royal Military College,Duntroon in 1990. He has commanded the 8th/9th Battalion,Royal Australian Regiment (2008–10),Joint Task Force 631 (2010) and Combined Team Uruzgan (2012–13),and deployed to East Timor as part of Operations Warden,Tanager and Astute and to Afghanistan and the Sinai Peninsula. He was Force Commander,Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai from 2017 to 2019,and Head Land Capability from 2020 to 2022. He succeeded Lieutenant General Rick Burr as Chief of Army on 2 July 2022.
Major General Brian Robert Dawson,is an Australian museum administrator and a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He joined the army via the Royal Military College,Duntroon in 1973 and was commissioned into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. He commanded the Base Administrative Support Centre (1995–96),Australian Defence Force Academy (2006–07) and Australian Defence College (2007),deployed on operations to Somalia and the Solomon Islands,and was Deputy Commander Joint Task Force 633 –Iraq from 2007 to 2008. He also served as Director General of Defence Public Affairs (2008–10) and,from 2010 to 2013,was Australia's first Military Representative to NATO and the European Union. Following his retirement from the army,Dawson joined the Australian War Memorial where he has served as Assistant Director,National Collection since December 2017.
Lieutenant General Natasha Anne Fox,is a senior officer in the Australian Army. She joined the army via the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in 1988 and has spent much of her career in logistics and training roles. She served as Commanding Officer/Chief Instructor at ADFA from 2009 to 2010,and deployed on operations to Israel,Syria and Lebanon and to Afghanistan. She was Head People Capability from November 2018 to December 2021,Deputy Chief of Army from February 2022 to June 2023,and was appointed the inaugural Chief of Personnel on 5 June 2023. She was both the first woman to serve as a deputy service chief and the first woman to be promoted to three-star rank in the Australian Defence Force.
