Deputy Chief of Army (Australia)

Deputy Chief of Army (Australia)
Incumbent Rick Burr since 4 January 2015
Style	Major General
Website	Australian Army Leaders

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
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]

References

1. "Deputy Chief of Army". Leaders. Australian Army. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
2. Singh, Shivani (2014). Who's Who in Australia 2014. Melbourne, Australia: Crown Content. ISBN 1-74095-172-7.