Deputy Chief of Army (Australia)
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Style | Major General |
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The Deputy Chief of Army (DCA) is the second most senior appointment in the Australian Army, responsible to the Chief of Army (CA). The rank associated with the position is major general (2-star).
The current appointee is Rick Burr who took up his posting in January 2015, succeeding Gus Gilmore who had served as the Deputy Chief of Army from September 2013.[1]
Appointees
The following (incomplete) list chronologically records those who have held the post of Deputy Chief of Army or its preceding positions. Rank and honours are as at the completion of the individual's tour(s).
Rank | Name | Postnominals | Term began | Term ended | Notes |
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Deputy Chief of General Staff | |||||
Brigadier General | Blamey, ThomasThomas Blamey | CB, CMG, DSO | 1920 | 1923 | |
Major General | Northcott, JohnJohn Northcott | CB, MVO | October 1939 | 1941 | |
Major General | Rowell, SydneySydney Rowell | CBE | August 1941 | April 1942 | |
Major General | Vasey, George AlanGeorge Alan Vasey | CBE, DSO and Bar | April 1942 | September 1942 | |
Major General | Berryman, FrankFrank Berryman | CBE, DSO | September 1942 | November 1943 | |
Major General | Chapman, JohnJohn Chapman | DSO and Bar, OBE | October 1944 | March 1946 | |
Major General | Milford, EdwardEdward Milford | CBE, DSO | March 1946 | May 1946 | |
Major General | Wells, HenryHenry Wells | CBE, DSO | 1946 | 1947 | |
Major General | Hopkins, RonaldRonald Hopkins | CBE | May 1950 | February 1951 | |
Major General | Woodward, EricEric Woodward | CBE, DSO | 1951 | 1953 | |
Major General | Garrett, RagnarRagnar Garrett | CBE | 1953 | 1954 | |
Major General | Hassett, FrankFrank Hassett | CBE, DSO, LVO | January 1964 | January 1966 | |
Major General | MacDonald, ArthurArthur MacDonald | OBE | 1966 | 1967 | |
Major General | Graham, Stuart ClarenceStuart Clarence Graham | DSO, OBE, MC | 1969 | 1972 | |
Major General | Whitelaw, JohnJohn Whitelaw | AO, CBE | 1977 | 1978 | |
Major General | Falkland, PeterPeter Falkland | AO | 1980 | 1982 | |
Major General | Gration, PeterPeter Gration | OBE | 1983 | 1983 | [2] |
Major General | O'Donnell, LawrenceLawrence O'Donnell | 1984 | 1985 | [2] | |
Major General | Day, PeterPeter Day | 1985 | 1986 | [2] | |
Major General | Jeffery, MichaelMichael Jeffery | AO, MC | 1990 | 1991 | [2] |
Major General | Grey, JohnJohn Grey | AO | 1991 | 1992 | [2] |
Major General | Fittock, ArthurArthur Fittock | AO | 1992 | 1993 | [2] |
Deputy Chief of Army | |||||
Major General | Hartley, JohnJohn Hartley | AO | 1995 | 1998 | [2] |
Major General | Abigail, PeterPeter Abigail | AO | 1998 | May 2000 | [2] |
Major General | Leahy, PeterPeter Leahy | AO | May 2000 | June 2002 | [2] |
Major General | Roberts, FrankFrank Roberts | AO | June 2002 | May 2004 | |
Major General | Gordon, IanIan Gordon | AO | May 2004 | November 2006 | [2] |
Major General | Cantwell, JohnJohn Cantwell | AO | January 2007 | January 2008 | [2] |
Major General | Morrison, DavidDavid Morrison | AM | January 2008 | July 2009 | [2] |
Major General | Symon, PaulPaul Symon | AO | July 2009 | November 2011 | [2] |
Major General | Sengelman, JeffreyJeffrey Sengelman | DSC, AM, CSC | November 2011 | 2012 | [2] |
Major General | Campbell, AngusAngus Campbell | DSC, AM | 2012 | 19 September 2013 | [2] |
Major General | Gilmore, GusGus Gilmore | AO, DSC | 19 September 2013 | 4 January 2015 | [1] |
Major General | Burr, RickRick Burr | DSC, AM, MVO | 4 January 2015 | Incumbent | [1] |
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