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HEAD OF REGIMENT
OF THE
ROYAL REGIMENT of AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY |
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This section is dedicated to listing and providing a biography (where available) of all the known Heads of Regiment (HOR) of the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery. In the past the Head of Regiment was known as the Director of Artillery (DARTY) and Director Royal Artillery (DRA). |
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Directors |
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Date From |
Date To |
Surname |
Initials |
Rank |
Post nominals |
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1903 |
1906 |
Mesurier |
H L |
LTCOL |
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1907 |
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Stanley |
J |
COL |
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1907 |
1910 |
Danger |
H W |
MAJ |
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1910 |
1914 |
Coxan |
W A |
MAJ |
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1914 |
1917 |
Coxan |
W A |
LTCOL |
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1917 |
1919 |
Coxan |
W A |
COL |
CMG, DSO |
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1919 |
1924 |
Coxan |
W A |
BRIG GEN |
CB,CMG,DSO |
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1925 |
1929 |
Smart |
E K |
LT COL |
DSO,MC |
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1929 |
1935 |
Bundock |
H C |
LTCOL |
DSO |
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1935 |
1939 |
Whitelaw |
J S |
LTCOL |
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1939 |
1940 |
Davies |
D L |
LTCOL |
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1940 |
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Thompson |
C W C |
LTCOL |
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1940 |
1942 |
Nurse |
F N |
LTCOL |
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1942 |
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Nurse |
F N |
COL |
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1942 |
1945 |
Whitelaw |
J S |
MAJ GEN |
CBE |
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1945 |
1946 |
Barker |
L E S |
BRIG |
CBE,DSO,MC |
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1946 |
1950 |
Dyke |
L G H |
BRIG |
CBE |
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1950 |
1953 |
O'Brien |
G H |
BRIG |
CBE |
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1953 |
1957 |
Evans |
F R |
COL |
OBE |
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1959 |
1962 |
Fletcher |
S A |
COL |
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1962 |
1965 |
Trainor |
E G |
COL |
MBE |
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1965 |
1967 |
Crompton |
D H |
COL |
OBE |
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1968 |
1971 |
O'Hare |
M P |
COL |
MBE |
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1971 |
1972 |
Weir |
D |
COL |
MBE |
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1972 |
1973 |
Gardner |
R J |
COL |
OBE |
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1973 |
1975 |
Kelly |
J D |
COL |
DSO |
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1975 |
1978 |
Humphrey |
J S |
COL |
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1978 |
1981 |
Quinn |
D |
COL |
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1981 |
1983 |
Townley |
J H |
COL |
AM |
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1983 |
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Williams |
AP |
COL |
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1983 |
1985 |
Bertram |
J F |
COL |
AM |
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1986 |
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Mitchell |
B H |
COL |
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1986 |
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Busby |
P N |
LTCOL |
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1987 |
1989 |
Ford |
T R |
COL |
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1989 |
1992 |
McEvoy |
R V |
COL |
MBE |
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1993 |
1995 |
Cox |
J R |
COL |
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1996 |
1997 |
Retter |
P B |
COL |
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Honorary Head of Regiment |
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1998 |
2000 |
Kilpatrick |
P R |
BRIG |
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Head of Regiment: |
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23 Mar2001 |
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Williams |
V H |
BRIG |
CSC |
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5 Mar 2002 |
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Paramore |
M E |
BRIG |
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14 Oct 2002 |
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Williams |
V H |
BRIG |
CSC |
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11 Aug 2003 |
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Goltz |
S T |
COL |
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19 Dec |
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Smith |
J P |
COL |
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1 Jul 2005 |
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Goltz |
S T |
COL |
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26 Sept 2005 |
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Fogarty |
G M |
BRIG |
AM |
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20 Mar 2007 |
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Winter |
P D |
BRIG |
CSC |
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4 Dec 2008 |
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Goodman |
W L |
BRIG |
AM |
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27 Apr 2010 |
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Coglan |
D P |
BRIG |
AM |
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10 Aug 2011 |
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Roach |
S |
BRIG |
AM |
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1 Mar 2013 |
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Yates |
P C |
BRIG |
AM,CSM |
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1 May 2016 |
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Furini |
C D |
BRIG |
AM,CSC |
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4 Dec 2018 |
December 2021 |
Vagg |
R A |
BRIG |
DSO |
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4 Dec 2021 |
CURRENT |
Hill |
D J |
BRIG |
AM |
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