Australian Army Major General. A veteran of World Wars I and II, he rose in rank to become the chief of staff of the Australian 7th Infantry Division, the Deputy Chief of the Australian General Staff, and the Australian Quartermaster General. The son of a politician who served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, he received his education from the Christian Brothers schools in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia before entering the Royal Military College, Duntroon near Mount Pleasant, Australia in 1913. He graduated in 1915 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Australian Army. He then volunteered for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and was assigned to the 30th Battalion, then being raised in New South Wales and destined for Egypt during World War I. His unit departed for Egypt in November 1915 and would remain there for several months, undertaking guard duties at the Suez Canal. In July 1916 the battalion was transferred to the Western Front in Europe. He was promoted to the rank of captain and was wounded during a gas attack, and evacuated to England for treatment. In May 1917 he returned to the battalion as an adjutant and served in this capacity until the following October. After being promoted to the rank of major, he was attached to the Australian Corps and 5th Division headquarters. During the Hundred Days Offensive (the final period of the war, from August 8, 1918 to November 11, 1918), he was acting brigade major of 8th Brigade and he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Following the cessation of hostilities, he remained in the Army and returned to Australia in June 1919. From 1919 to 1930 he was posted to a series of staff appointments. He attended Staff College at Camberley, England from 1930 to 1933. He was then commandant of the Small Arms School in Randwick, Sydney from 1934 to 1938 before returning to Camberley in November 1938 to take up an instructor position, the first soldier from a British Dominion to do so. Still in England when the World War II broke out in September 1939, he was posted to the British 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division as a staff officer but returned to Australia in January 1940, having been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was based in Melbourne, where he was responsible for training at army headquarters before transferring to the reformed AIF in April 1940. Promoted to the rank of colonel, he was chief of staff to Major General John Lavarack, the commander of 7th Division. In June 1941 the division participated in the two month long Syrian Campaign against the Vichy French during which he earned a recommendation for a bar to his DSO. Following the conclusion of the Syrian Campaign, he was promoted to the rank of temporary brigadier general and became responsible for the AIF Base Area in the Middle East. He later returned to Australia as deputy adjutant and Quartermaster General, based in Brisbane. Promoted to the rank of major general in September 1942, he was appointed as Deputy Chief of the General Staff in October 1944, serving in this capacity until March 1946. In May 1946 he was based in Washington DC as the Army representative on the Australian Joint Service Mission to the US. After completing his five year term in the US, he was awarded a Legion of Merit and served as General Officer Commanding, Central Command before commencing his final post of Quartermaster General and member of the military board in February 1951. In 1952 he was honored with an appointment as Companion of the Order of the Bath. He retired in December 1953 after 41 years of continued military service. He died from cancer at the age of 66.