John Raymond Broadbent (Quartermaster-General)
Not to be confused with John Raymond Broadbent (Major General).
Brigadier John Raymond Broadbent CBE (18 February 1893 – 28 February 1972 (aged 79)) was an Australian Army officer in World War II.
Broadbent, Service Number: NX34728 (N8), was born in Ballarat, Victoria and enlisted in Sydney on 14 June 1940. He held the following posts:
| 1940 | Commanding Officer 7th Light Horse |
| 1940 | General Staff Officer 1 1st Australian Cavalry Division |
| 1940 - 1941 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General 8th Australian Infantry Division [Malaya] |
| 1942 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General New Guinea Force |
| 1942 - 1943 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General I Australian Corps [New Guinea] |
| 1943 - 1944 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General II Australian Corps |
| 1944 - 1945 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General I Australian Corps |
He was a Temporary Brigadier and Mentioned in Dispatches in 1945.
Honours and awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire: Recommendation; Awarded (London Gazette, 28 May 1943, Pg 2373, posn 4)
- Mention in Dispatches: Recommendation; Awarded (London Gazette, 8 March 1945, Pg 1305, posn 19)
- Note also: WWI
See also
List of Australian generals and brigadiers
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