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| Major General Joseph Talbot Hobbs |
Ex. Mm. No. 654.
Department of Defence,
Melbourne, 16th August, 1914.
MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Australian Imperial Force.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, has been pleased to approve of a Military Force being formed of persons who voluntarily agree to serve beyond the limits of the Commonwealth, to be designated the "Australian Imperial Force," consisting of One Division, one Light Horse Brigade; that Brigadier General W. T. Bridges, C.M.G., Inspector-General, be appointed to organize and command the Force; that the undermentioned be appointed to be Officers of the Force:—
Colonel Ryan, C. S., F.D. - Army Medical Corps - Principal Medical Officer, 3rd Military District
Colonel Hobbs, J. J. T., V.D. - Commanding 22nd Infantry Brigade
Colonel Sellheim, V. C. M., C.B. - Administrative and Instructional Staff - Adjutant-General
Lieut.-Colonel Patterson, W. G. - Administrative and Instructional Staff - Staff Officer to Inspector-General
Lieut.-Colonel Forsyth, J. K. - Administrative and Instructional Staff - Quartermaster-General (temporary)
Major Austin, J. G. - Army Ordnance Department - Director of Ordnance Services
Major White, C. B. B. - Royal Australian Garrison Artillery - Director of Military Operations
Major Glasfurd, D. J. - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - Director of Military Training
Captain Marsh, J. T. - Army Service Corps - Director of Supply and Transport
Captain Foster, W. J. - Administrative and Instructional Staff - General Staff Officer, Grade III., Head-quarters
Honorary Lieut.-Colonel Thomas, T. J. - Officer-in-Charge Administration, Royal Military Hospital
Honorary Captain Griffiths, T. - Secretary, Military Board
Warrant Officer Maycock, W. C. - Army Service Corps - Quartermaster-General's Department, Head-quarters
(Warrant Officer Maycock is granted the rank of Lieutenant whilst employed with the Australian Imperial Force); and that the undermentioned officers be appointed to command brigades as shown hereunder of the Australian Imperial Force:—
1st Infantry Brigade - Lieut.-Colonel MacLaurin, H. N. - 26th Infantry Regiment - Commanding 26th Infantry
2nd Infantry Brigade - Colonel McCay, The Hon. J. W., V.D. - Unattached List
3rd Infantry Brigade - Lieut.-Colonel Sinclair-MacLagan, E., G., D.S.O. - Yorkshire Regiment - Director of Drill, Royal Military College
E. D. MILLEN,
Minister of State for Defence.
Sources:
- Military Forces of the Commonwealth (1914, August 15). Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973), p. 1511.
- Portrait of Major General Joseph Talbot Hobbs, 1917; Fred Leist; Courtesy Australian War Memorial
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