Commanding Officers
The following is a list of the 3rd Division's commanding officers:
| From |
To |
Rank |
Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 1918 | Major General | John Monash |
| 1918 | 1922 | Major General | John Gellibrand |
| 1922 | 1927 | Major General | George Johnston |
| 1927 | 1931 | Major General | Harold Elliott |
| 1931 | 1937 | Major General | Thomas Blamey |
| 1937 | 1942 | Major General | Edmund Drake-Brockman |
| 1942 | 1944 | Major General | Stanley Savige |
| 1944 | 1947 | Major General | William Bridgeford |
| 1947 | 1950 | Major General | George Wootten |
| 1950 | 1953 | Major General | Selwyn Porter |
| 1953 | 1956 | Major General | Robert Risson |
| 1956 | 1959 | Major General | Heathcote Hammer |
| 1959 | 1960 | Major General | Noel Simpson |
| 1960 | 1963 | Major General | R.R. Gordon |
| 1963 | 1966 | Major General | N.A. Vickery |
| 1966 | 1970 | Major General | S.M. McDonald |
| 1970 | 1973 | Major General | K.D. Green |
| 1973 | 1976 | Major General | J.M. McNeill |
| 1976 | 1977 | Brigadier | W.H. Grant |
| 1977 | 1980 | Brigadier | J.E. Barry |
| 1980 | 1981 | Brigadier | N.E. Bavington |
| 1981 | 1985 | Major General | K.G. Cooke |
| 1985 | 1987 | Major General | J.E. Barry |
| 1987 | 1990 | Major General | B.N. Nunn |
| 1990 | 1991 | Major General | W.E. Glenny |
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