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Australian/CW Director Military Operations & Intelligence

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Post by Matteus » 01 Apr 2014, 14:45

Hi all,

i'm trying to find all the Directors of Military Operations & Intelligence for the Commonwealth nations, Canada and Australia in particular. I collected a few from generals.dk, but it seems that i'm stuck.
Director Military Operations & Intelligence, Army Headquarters, Australia


Eric Fairweather HARRISON 1920-1925
Eric Fairweather HARRISON 1927-1929
John DUdley LAVARACK 1929-1932

Vernon Ashton Hobart STURDEE 1933-1938
John NORTHCOTT 1938-1939
Bertrand COMBES 1939-1940

Kenneth Alan MCKENZIE 1941-1942
John David ROGERS 1942-1942
Canada:
Harold Halford MATTHEWS 1928 - 1932
Henry Duncan Graham CRERAR 1935 - 1938
Kenneth STUART 1938 - 1939
Maurice Arthur POPE 1939 - 1940
Ralph Burgess GIBSON 1941
John Edward LYON 1941 - 1942
if somebody knows who should be in the gaps, please let me know. i'm as well interested in South Africa and New Zealand.


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Post by Steen Ammentorp » 02 Apr 2014, 13:09

Hi Matteus,

How far back are you looking for? I well see what I can put together.
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Post by GregSingh » 02 Apr 2014, 15:13

More names for Australia:

Edmund Leolin Piesse 1916-
Edwin Hamilton Serle 1919-1920
Sir Sydney Fairbairn Rowell 1938-1938
Caleb Grafton Roberts Feb 1942-
Thomas Fergus Buchanan MacAdie Apr 1957-

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Post by Matteus » 02 Apr 2014, 19:13

Hi Greg and Steen!

thanks a lot for your efforts. i'm basically searching for the 3rd Reich period +X (so 1932/33 until 1945+X) for the Commonwealth nations (India/the Raj isnt really needed but would be "nice to have").
Harrison is in because he turns up if you search in generals.dk for this post (search example: https://www.google.de/search?q=site%3Ag ... 2&ie=UTF-8 ) and sometimes these people lead to other officers.

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Post by Steen Ammentorp » 28 Apr 2014, 21:43

Hi Matteus,

Sorry for the delay. It would seem that your Australian List is almost complete. I have the following as DMO&I (dd.mm.yy):

06.02.29-31.12.32: John Dudley Lavarack
14.02.33-02.03.38: Vernon Ashton Hobart Sturdee
02.03.38-31.07.38: Sydney Fairbairn Rowell
01.08.38-31.08.38: Vernon Ashton Hobart Sturdee
01.09.38-12.10.39: John Northcott
02.11.39-31.10.40: Bertrand Combes
18.11.40-30.06.41: Kenneth Alan McKenzie
Then he only continued as DMO
01.07.41-13.01.42: Kenneth Alan McKenzie (Operations)
14.01.42-31.07.42: Ronald Nicholas Lamond Hopkins (Operations)
While Rogers was DMI
01.07.42-[18.01.45]: John David Rogers (Intelligence)
11.11.45-22.04.46: Bertrand Combes (Intelligence)

However I have been unable to identify the DMO after 01.08.42 and likewise the DMI between 01.08.41 and 01.07.42.


As for New Zealand then the Army HQ was so small that it did not have anyone with the title Director of …, but the position was held by a General Staff Officer. I have been able to identify them prior to the war. They were (Intelligence)(dd.mm.yy):

23.11.31-05.09.32: William George Stevens, GSO (Intelligence & Staff Duties)
05.09.32-03.10.33: William George Stevens, GSO (Operations & Intelligence)
03.10.33-25.07.34: William George Gentry, GSO (Intelligence)
25.07.34-01.11.37: William George Stevens, GSO (Intelligence)
01.11.37- ? : George Henry Clifton, GSO2 (Operations & Intelligence)
The above with the rank of either Major or Lieutenant-Colonel, most likely succeed by:
13.02.39-00.05.40: Leonard George Goss, GSO1 (Operations & Intelligence)
After that Goss became first Colonel General Staff, later Brigadier General Staff and finally Assistant Chief of the General Staff (but in fact Assistant Chief of the General Staff since May 1940). The Army Headquarters included a number (2-4) of GSO1, GSO2 & GSO3s, but I am unaware who held the responsibility of Operations and Intelligence
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Post by Matteus » 01 May 2014, 01:15

Hi Steen,
thank you very much for this info!

kind regards,
Matteus

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