General Francis George (Frank) Hassett, AC, KBE, CB, DSO

Date of birth	1918-04-11	Marrickville, NSW.
Other	1935-03	Entered the Royal Military College.
Date promoted	1938	Promoted to under officer, the senior cadet in a company, which is the equivalent to a company sergeant major.
Other	1938	Posted to the Darwin Mobile Force and given command of a rifle platoon.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1940-03-01	Enlisted in the 2nd AIF.
Date of honour or award	1941-07-08	Mention in Despatches.
Date promoted	1942	Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, the youngest in the Australian Army.
Date of honour or award	1945-07-19	Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Date of honour or award	1947-03-06	Mention in Despatches.
Other	1948 - 1951	Appointed General Staff Officer Grade 1 to the 2nd Division.
Other	1951-03	Took command of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment.
Other	1951-06	Took command of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, in Korea.
Other	1951-10-05 - 1951-10-08	The 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Hassett, fought the battle of Maryang San.
Date of honour or award	1952-02-01	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
Other	1960 - 1963	Commanded the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group in Malaya.
Date of honour or award	1966-01-01	Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Other	1968	Became General Officer in command of Australia's Northern Command.
Date of honour or award	1970-06-13	Companion of the Order of the Bath.
Other	1971	Promoted to Vice Chief of the General Staff.
Other	1973	Chief of the General Staff.
Other	1975-11-24 - 1976-02-08	Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Other	1976-02-09 - 1977-04-20	Chief of the Defence Force Staff.
Date of honour or award	1976-06-09	Companion of the Order of Australia.
Date of honour or award	1976-06-12	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Other	1977-04-20	Retired due to ill health.