GARRETT Sir Alwyn Ragnar KBE CB CBE

Australian Army Born Northam WA 12 February 1900 Died Mornington VIC 4 November 1977

Service No: NX12338 NX346 210. Australian Staff Corps 1921. 23 Light Horse Regiment India 1923-25. CO 2/31 Infantry Battalion 1941. Staff Duties Middle East and UK. GSO Aust Armoured Corps 1943. HQ 1 Australian Corps. 2 Australian Corps 1944 HQ New Guinea Force. Commander 8th Australian Infantry Brigade 1945-46. Command BCOF Force Troops 1948-49. GOC Western Command 1951-53. Chief of the Australian General Staff 1958-60. Australian Dictionary of Biography: biography (1996).