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Lieutenant General Sir John Dudley Lavarack, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO (19 December 1885 – 4 December 1957) was an Australian Army officer who was Governor of Queensland from 1 October 1946 to 4 December 1957, the first Australian-born governor of that state.
(19 December 1885–4 December 1957).Lavarack joined the regular Army through direct appointment as a lieutenant in the artillery in August 1905. The method of selection was by application and ...
Apr 28, 2022 · When John Lavarack (1885-1957) returned to Australia in September 1919, he had been away from Australia for seven years. In 1920, he was second in command at Duntroon, Canberra. After a course at the Imperial Defence College in London in 1928, he moved up the ranks to be appointed Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at Army ...
Sir John Dudley Lavarack (1885-1957), army officer and governor, was born on 19 December 1885 at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, third child of English-born parents Cecil Wallace Lavarack, a draughtsman who became a major in the Queensland Defence Force, and his wife Jessie Helen, née Mackenzie.
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As the most senior Staff Corps officer of the inter-war period to be appointed to an operational command during the Second World War, Lieutenant-General Sir John Lavarack provides an interesting opportunity to test this theory at the highest level.
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Lieutenant General Sir John Dudley LAVARACK, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CMG, DSO. (1885-1957) August 1905 and was appointed lieutenant, Royal Australian Artillery. His junior regimental postings took him to S. ollege, Camberley, from early 1913 until the outbreak of World War I. After working at the War Office, London, he was promot.
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John Dudley Lavarack (1885-1957), by William Dargie, 1942. Australian War Memorial, ART22029
