Lieutenant General Sydney Fairbairn Rowell, KBE, CB

Date of birth	1894-12-15	Lockleys, SA.
Other	1911	Attended Royal Military College Duntroon.
Date commissioned	1914-08-14	Joined the 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Other	1915-05-12	Arrived in Gallipoli.
Date returned to Australia	1915-11	Evacuated from Gallipoli with typhoid.
Other	1924 - 1926	Studied at the the Staff College, Camberley, in England.
Other	1932	Transferred to Army Headquarters in Melbourne, VIC.
Other	1935	Returned to England on exchange as operations staff officer in the Territorial Army.
Other	1937	Joined the Imperial Defence College as a lieutenant colonel.
Date of honour or award	1938-06-09	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1939-10-13	Appointed chief of staff in the 6th Division, 2AIF.
Date promoted	1940-02	Appointed brigadier, general staff, I Australian Corps, Middle East-Greece-North Africa.
Date of honour or award	1941-04-01	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Date returned to Australia	1941-08	Appointed deputy to the Chief of General Staff.
Other units	1942-03	Given command of I Corps and promoted to temporary lieutenant general.
Other units	1942-07	Sent to Papua as general officer commanding New Guinea Force.
Other	1942-09	Dismissed from position as Chief of General Staff.
Other units	1943	General Officer Commanding Australian Imperial Force, Middle East.
Other	1944 - 1945	Director of Tactical Investigation, British War Office.
Date of honour or award	1944-11-23	Greek War Cross - First Class.
Other	1946 - 1950	Vice Chief General Staff.
Date of honour or award	1946-01-01	Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).
Other	1950	Became Chief of the General Staff.
Date of honour or award	1953-06-01	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).
Date of discharge	1954	Retired to Melbourne.
Date of death	1975-04-12