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	000000001920-01-01-00001920	000000001923-01-01-00001923
Major General	Northcott, JohnJohn Northcott	CB, MVO	000000001939-10-01-0000October 1939	000000001941-01-01-00001941
Major General	Rowell, SydneySydney Rowell	CBE	000000001941-08-01-0000August 1941	000000001942-04-01-0000April 1942
Major General	Vasey, George AlanGeorge Alan Vasey	CBE, DSO & Two Bars	000000001942-04-01-0000April 1942	000000001942-09-01-0000September 1942
Major General	Berryman, FrankFrank Berryman	CBE, DSO	000000001942-09-01-0000September 1942	000000001943-11-01-0000November 1943
Major General	Chapman, JohnJohn Chapman	DSO & Two Bars, OBE	000000001944-10-01-0000October 1944	000000001946-03-01-0000March 1946
Major General	Milford, EdwardEdward Milford	CBE, DSO	000000001946-03-01-0000March 1946	000000001946-05-01-0000May 1946
Major General	Wells, HenryHenry Wells	CBE, DSO	000000001946-01-01-00001946	000000001947-01-01-00001947
Major General	Hopkins, RonaldRonald Hopkins	CBE	000000001950-05-01-0000May 1950	000000001951-02-01-0000February 1951
Major General	Woodward, EricEric Woodward	CBE, DSO	000000001951-01-01-00001951	000000001953-01-01-00001953
Major General	Garrett, RagnarRagnar Garrett	CBE	000000001953-01-01-00001953	000000001954-01-01-00001954
Major General	Hassett, FrankFrank Hassett	CBE, DSO, LVO	000000001964-01-01-0000January 1964	000000001966-01-01-0000January 1966
Major General	MacDonald, ArthurArthur MacDonald	OBE	000000001966-01-01-00001966	000000001967-01-01-00001967
Major General	Graham, Stuart ClarenceStuart Clarence Graham	DSO, OBE, MC	000000001969-01-01-00001969	000000001972-01-01-00001972
Major General	Whitelaw, JohnJohn Whitelaw	AO, CBE	000000001977-01-01-00001977	000000001978-01-01-00001978
Major General	Falkland, PeterPeter Falkland	AO	000000001980-01-01-00001980	000000001982-01-01-00001982
Major General	Gration, PeterPeter Gration	OBE	000000001983-01-01-00001983	000000001983-01-01-00001983	^[2]
Major General	O'Donnell, LawrenceLawrence O'Donnell		000000001984-01-01-00001984	000000001985-01-01-00001985	^[2]
Major General	Day, PeterPeter Day		000000001985-01-01-00001985	000000001986-01-01-00001986	^[2]
Major General	Jeffery, MichaelMichael Jeffery	AO, MC	000000001990-01-01-00001990	000000001991-01-01-00001991	^[2]
Major General	Grey, JohnJohn Grey	AO	000000001991-01-01-00001991	000000001992-01-01-00001992	^[2]
Major General	Fittock, ArthurArthur Fittock	AO	000000001992-01-01-00001992	000000001993-01-01-00001993	^[2]
Deputy Chief of Army
Major General	Hartley, JohnJohn Hartley	AO	000000001995-01-01-00001995	000000001998-01-01-00001998	^[2]
Major General	Abigail, PeterPeter Abigail	AO	000000001998-01-01-00001998	000000002000-05-01-0000May 2000	^[2]
Major General	Leahy, PeterPeter Leahy	AO	000000002000-05-01-0000May 2000	000000002002-06-01-0000June 2002	^[2]
Major General	Roberts, FrankFrank Roberts	AO	000000002002-06-01-0000June 2002	000000002004-05-01-0000May 2004
Major General	Gordon, IanIan Gordon	AO	000000002004-05-01-0000May 2004	000000002006-11-01-0000November 2006	^[2]
Major General	Cantwell, JohnJohn Cantwell	AO	000000002007-01-01-0000January 2007	000000002008-01-01-0000January 2008	^[2]
Major General	Morrison, DavidDavid Morrison	AM	000000002008-01-01-0000January 2008	000000002009-07-01-0000July 2009	^[2]
Major General	Symon, PaulPaul Symon	AO	000000002009-07-01-0000July 2009	000000002011-11-01-0000November 2011	^[2]
Major General	Sengelman, JeffreyJeffrey Sengelman	DSC, AM, CSC	000000002011-11-01-0000November 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 2 3 "Deputy Chief of Army". Leaders. Australian Army. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Singh, Shivani (2014). Who's Who in Australia 2014. Melbourne, Australia: Crown Content. ISBN 1-74095-172-7.

Leadership of the Australian Defence Force

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Deputy Chief of Navy (DCN) Deputy Chief of Army (DCA) Deputy Chief of Air Force (DCAF)

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