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8 Australian Infantry Division
Criteria [1] Branch [2] Directorate [3] Role [4]

Command Appointments - Main - General Officer Commanding

From To Rank Name Acting
01-Jul-1940 29-Aug-1940 Major-General Sir Vernon Sturdee Assumed command 01/08/1940
01-Jul-1940 08-Sep-1941 Major WS Kent-Hughes
01-Jul-1940 05-Apr-1942 Colonel JR Broadbent
01-Jul-1940 15-Feb-1942 Brigadier CA Callaghan
01-Jul-1940 21-Jul-1940 Lieutenant-Colonel JH Thyer
02-Aug-1940 21-Jul-1941 Major CH Kappe
05-Aug-1940 21-Jul-1941 Colonel HG Rourke
24-Sep-1940 15-Feb-1942 Major-General HG Bennett
22-Jul-1941 15-Feb-1942 Colonel JH Thyer
22-Jul-1941 15-Feb-1942 Lieutenant-Colonel CH Kappe
09-Sep-1941 13-Oct-1941 Major WS Kent-Hughes *
14-Oct-1941 13-Feb-1942 Lieutenant-Colonel WS Kent-Hughes
13-Feb-1942 15-Feb-1942 Colonel WS Kent-Hughes
Number of Records Returned: 13
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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