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Acknowledgements. Illustrations. Maps. Contributors. Guide to Army Ranks and Command Structure. Approximate Equivalent Ranks. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction D.M. Horner Part 1: The First World War 2. Major-General Sir William Bridges: Australiaâs First Field Commander Chris Coulthard-Clark 3. General Sir Brudenell White: The Staff Officer as Commander Guy Verney 4. Vice-Admiral Sir William Creswell: First Naval Member of the Australian Naval Board, 1911-19 Stephen D. Webster 5. General Sir Harry Chauvel: Australiaâs First Corps Commander A. J. Hill 6. General Sir John Monash: Corps Commander on the Western Front P.A. Pedersen Part 2: The Second World War 7. Lieutenant-General Sir John Lavarack: From Chief of the General Staff to Corps Commander A. B. Lodge 8. Lieutenant-General Sir Vernon Sturdee: The Chief of the General Staff as Commander D. M. Horner 9. Lieutenant-General Henry Gordon Bennett: A Model Major-General? A. B. Lodge 10. Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead: Commander, 9th Australian Division A. J. Hill 11. Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey: Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces D. M. Horner 12. Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Rowell: Dismissal of a Corps Commander D. M. Horner 13. Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Edmund Herring: Joint and Allied Commander Stuart Sayers 14. Major-General George Alan Vasey: Commander, 7th Australian Division D. M. Horner Part 3: Post-Second World War 15. Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Robertson: Commander-in-Chief British Commonwealth Occupation Force Ronald Hopkins 16. Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Scherger: Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee Harry Rayner 17. General Sir John Wilton: A Commander for his Time Ian McNeill. Notes. Index.