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- Ragnar_Garrett abstract "Lieutenant General Sir Alwyn Ragnar Garrett, KBE, CB (12 February 1900 – 4 November 1977) was a senior commander in the Australian Army. He served as Chief of the General Staff from 1958 to 1960. Born in Western Australia, Garrett graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1921. He was adjutant and quartermaster in several regiments of the Australian Light Horse before undertaking a staff course in England, which he completed just as the Second World War broke out. Garrett joined the Second Australian Imperial Force soon afterwards, and commanded the 2/31st Battalion in England before seeing action with Australian brigades in Greece and Crete in 1941. Promoted to colonel the following year, he held senior staff positions with I Corps in New Guinea and II Corps on Bougainville in 1944–45. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his staff work.After the war, Garrett served two terms as commandant of the Staff College, Queenscliff, in 1946–47 and 1949–51. Between these appointments he was posted to Japan with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. Promoted major general, he became General Officer Commanding (GOC) Western Command in August 1951, and Deputy Chief of the General Staff in January 1953. He took over Southern Command as a lieutenant general in October 1954, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1957. As CGS from March 1958, Garrett focused on rearmament and reorganisation, initiating the Army's short-lived restructure into a "pentropic" formation. He was knighted in 1959. After retiring from the military in June 1960, Garrett became Honorary Colonel of the Royal Australian Regiment, and was Principal of the Australian Administrative Staff College until 1964. He died at Mornington, Victoria, in 1977.".
- Ragnar_Garrett allegiance "Australia".
- Ragnar_Garrett award Mentioned_in_dispatches.
- Ragnar_Garrett award Order_of_the_Bath.
- Ragnar_Garrett award Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Ragnar_Garrett battle Battle_of_Crete.
- Ragnar_Garrett battle Battle_of_Greece.
- Ragnar_Garrett battle Bougainville_Campaign.
- Ragnar_Garrett battle Middle_East_Theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Ragnar_Garrett battle New_Guinea_campaign.
- Ragnar_Garrett battle Occupation_of_Japan.
- Ragnar_Garrett battle South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Ragnar_Garrett birthDate "1900-02-12".
- Ragnar_Garrett birthPlace Northam,_Western_Australia.
- Ragnar_Garrett birthPlace Western_Australia.
- Ragnar_Garrett birthYear "1900".
- Ragnar_Garrett deathDate "1977-11-04".
- Ragnar_Garrett deathPlace Mornington,_Victoria.
- Ragnar_Garrett deathPlace Victoria_(Australia).
- Ragnar_Garrett deathYear "1977".
- Ragnar_Garrett militaryBranch Australian_Army.
- Ragnar_Garrett militaryCommand "(1946–47, 1949–51)".
- Ragnar_Garrett militaryCommand "2/31st Battalion(1940–41)".
- Ragnar_Garrett militaryCommand "8th Brigade(1945–46)".
- Ragnar_Garrett militaryCommand "Chief of the General Staff(1958–60)".
- Ragnar_Garrett militaryCommand "Southern Command (1954–58)".
- Ragnar_Garrett militaryCommand "Staff College, Queenscliff".
- Ragnar_Garrett militaryCommand "Western Command(1951–53)".
- Ragnar_Garrett occupation Australian_Administrative_Staff_College.
- Ragnar_Garrett serviceNumber "210 (NX12338, NX346)".
- Ragnar_Garrett serviceStartYear "1918".
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