Category: Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory

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The Royal Military College, Duntroon (RMC), also known simply as Duntroon, is the Australian Army's officer training establishment. It was founded at Duntroon, in the Australian Capital Territory, in 1911 on the Campbell family homestead, which had been named "Duntroon" after Duntrune Castle—their ancestral home on Loch Crinan in Argyll, Scotland. RMC is located at the foot of Mount Pleasant near Lake Burley Griffin, close to the Department of Defence headquarters at Russell Hill.

The first Commandant of the college was Brigadier General William Bridges, who later died on a hospital ship after being wounded by a sniper on the shores of Gallipoli. Under his recommendations the college was modelled on aspects from the Royal Military College of Canada and the military colleges of Britain, and the United States of America.

With the closure of the Women's Officer Training Wing at Georges Heights, Sydney, in December 1984 and the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, in December 1985, Duntroon became the sole general service officer training institute in the Australian Army, as all Regular Army officers serving in combat, combat support or service support Corps were required to attend Duntroon to be commissioned. Shortly after this, the role of the college changed again with the establishment of the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in 1986, adjacent to Duntroon. As a result of this change, Duntroon ceased to offer university degrees as ADFA became the Australian Defence Force's tri-service military academy that provides military and tertiary academic education for junior officers of the Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Australian Navy.

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Leslie Allen 21 Jun 1879 Maryborough, Victoria (Australia) - 05 Jan 1964

Warren Anderson 31 Aug 1894 Singleton, New South Wales (Australia) - 10 Feb 1973

Maurice Austin 15 Dec 1916 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 13 Oct 1985

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Kenneth Bade 18 Oct 1938 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 08 Jan 1966

John Baker 24 Feb 1936 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 09 Jul 2007

Donald Begg 28 Dec 1924 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 15 Mar 2021

Phillip Bennett 27 Dec 1928 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Aug 2023

Frank Berryman 11 Apr 1894 Geelong, Victoria (Australia) - 28 May 1981

Rudolph Bierwirth 30 Jan 1899 Kent Town, South Australia (Australia) - 27 Jan 1993

Allan Boase 19 Feb 1894 Gympie, Queensland (Australia) - 01 Jan 1964

Bruce Bogle 05 Mar 1922 Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia - bef 11 May 2012

William Bridgeford 28 Jul 1894 Smeaton, Victoria (Australia) - 21 Sep 1971

Arthur Bridges 21 Mar 1871 Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 May 1953

William Bridges 18 Feb 1861 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 18 May 1915

John Broadbent 18 Feb 1893 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 28 Feb 1972

Mervyn Brogan 10 Jan 1915 Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Mar 1994

Julius Bruche 06 Mar 1873 North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 28 Apr 1961

Arthur Butler 25 May 1872 Kilcoy, Queensland (Australia) - 27 Feb 1949

David Butler 03 Sep 1928 Guildford, Western Australia, Australia - 24 Nov 2020

Joan (Butler) Hancock 1909 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - aft 1998

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Ian Campbell 23 Mar 1900 Moss Vale, New South Wales (Australia) - 31 Oct 1997

Philip Cardale 27 Jun 1897 Inverell, New South Wales (Australia) - 25 Sep 1948

John Chapman 15 Dec 1896 Braidwood, New South Wales (Australia) - 19 Apr 1963

Frederick Chilton 23 Jul 1905 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Oct 2007

George Chinn 28 Oct 1927 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 24 Sep 1981

Michael Clifford 10 Jul 1956 - 02 Nov 2017

Cyril Clowes 11 Mar 1892 Warwick, Queensland (Australia) - 19 May 1968

Henry Coates 28 Dec 1932 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 11 Jun 2018

Magnus Cormack 12 Feb 1903 Wick, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom - 28 Nov 1994

Peter Cosgrove 1940s

William Coward 29 May 1894 Truro, South Australia, Australia - 22 Aug 1916

William Crellin 01 Jun 1897 Armadale, Victoria (Australia) - 23 Sep 1968

Richmond Cubis 03 Jan 1927 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Jul 1999

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Thomas Daly 19 Mar 1913 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 05 Jan 2004

Donald Dunstan 18 Feb 1923 Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia - 15 Oct 2011

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Hector Edgar 31 Oct 1903 Mount Korong, Victoria, Australia - 1978

Clyde Egan 13 Aug 1917 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - 10 Aug 1993

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Clive Evatt 06 Jun 1900 East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - 15 Sep 1984

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Living Flawith

Noel Ford 16 Sep 1933 Mackay, Queensland, Australia - 02 Jan 1968

Hubert Foster 04 Oct 1855 Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England - 21 Mar 1919

Colin Fraser 25 Sep 1918 Nairobi, Kenya - 29 Sep 2001

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Alwyn Garrett 12 Feb 1900 Northam, Western Australia (Australia) - 04 Nov 1977

Living Gower

Stuart Graham 23 Oct 1920 Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jul 1996

Living Gration

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Valston Hancock 31 May 1907 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 29 Sep 1998

Francis Hassett 11 Apr 1918 Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jun 2008

John Hassett 13 Oct 1911 Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Hay 09 Apr 1920 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - 26 Jan 1998

William Henderson 19 Jul 1919 Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia - 10 Oct 1995

Ronald Hopkins 24 May 1897 Stawell, Victoria, Australia - 24 Nov 1990

James Hughes 18 Aug 1929 Norwood, South Australia, Australia - 11 Aug 2016

David Hurley 1950s

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William James 14 May 1930 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia - 16 Oct 2015

Philip Jeffery 12 Dec 1937 Wiluna, Western Australia, Australia - 18 Dec 2020

David Jordan 3075

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Robert Knights 24 Jun 1912 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - 04 Aug 1975

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Kevin Latchford 21 Jan 1927 New South Wales, Australia - 24 Feb 2013

John Lavarack 19 Dec 1885 Kangaroo Point, Queensland (Australia) - 04 Dec 1957

Robert Lee 24 Sep 1943 Australia - 27 Apr 2018

James Legge 15 Aug 1863 Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom - 18 Sep 1947

Cecil Levien 04 Jan 1874 Bellarine, Victoria, Australia - 20 Jan 1932

Charles Lloyd 02 Feb 1899 South Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 31 May 1956

Derek Lloyd 03 Apr 1921 Quetta, British India (Balochistan, Pakistan)

William Locke 14 Aug 1894 St Kilda, Victoria (Australia) - 03 Apr 1962

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Arthur MacDonald 30 Jan 1919 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 28 Jan 1995

Ewen (MacLagan) Sinclair-MacLagan 24 Dec 1868 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 24 Nov 1948

John McCauley 18 Mar 1899 Newtown, New South Wales (Australia) - 03 Feb 1989

Bruce McDonald 23 Mar 1925 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 23 Mar 1993

Ronald McNicoll 15 Sep 1906 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 18 Sep 1996

Edward Milford 10 Dec 1894 Prahran, Victoria (Australia) - 10 Jun 1972

John Milford 10 Jul 1925 Wandsworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 03 Jan 1973

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Andrew Molan 11 Apr 1950 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 16 Jan 2023

Alan Morrison 15 Aug 1927 Haberfield, New South Wales, Australia - 09 May 2008

Alister Murdoch 09 Dec 1912 Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia - 24 Oct 1984

Ian Murdoch 18 Feb 1910 Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia - 04 Dec 1992

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James Ochiltree 02 Apr 1918 Armadale, Victoria, Australia - 03 Mar 1987

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Keith Payne 1930s

Cedric Pearson 24 Aug 1918 Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Nov 2012

Eric Plant 23 Apr 1890 Charters Towers, Queensland (Australia) - 17 May 1950

Claude Prior 19 Aug 1895 Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Jun 1954

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Adrian Riordan 13 Jun 1903 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia - 1966

Horace Robertson 29 Oct 1894 Warrnambool, Victoria (Australia) - 28 Apr 1960

Sydney Rowell 15 Dec 1894 Lockleys, South Australia (Australia) - 12 Apr 1975

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Frederick Scherger 18 May 1904 Ararat, Victoria, Australia - 16 Jan 1984

Victor Secombe 09 Jan 1898 Glen Wills, Victoria (Australia) - 03 Feb 1962

Eric Smith 28 Apr 1892 Kensington Park, South Australia, Australia - 30 Apr 1915

Charles Spry 26 Jun 1910 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 28 May 1994

Living Stanfield

William Steele 04 Feb 1895 Gympie, Queensland (Australia) - 20 Jan 1966

John Stevenson 13 Aug 1925 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 30 Jul 2008

Alan Stretton 30 Sep 1922 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 26 Oct 2012

James Strong 31 Jul 1944 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Mar 2013

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Walter Tinsley 24 Dec 1898 Richmond, Victoria (Australia) - 21 Jun 1969

James Townley 02 Mar 1939 Townsville, Queensland, Australia - 22 Oct 2019

Colin Townsend 03 Sep 1927 Ingham, Queensland, Australia - 10 Jun 2006

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George Vasey 29 Mar 1895 Malvern East, Victoria (Australia) - 05 Mar 1945

Douglas Vincent 10 Mar 1916 Corinda, Queensland, Australia - 08 Oct 1995

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Henry Wells 22 Mar 1898 Kyneton, Victoria (Australia) - 20 Oct 1973

Tom White 28 Nov 1902 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 14 Jun 1993

Frederick Whitelaw 25 Sep 1919 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 08 Jun 2004

John Whitelaw 26 Aug 1894 Hawthorn, Victoria (Australia) - 21 Apr 1964

Price Whitelaw 10 May 1918 Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia - aft 1988

Arthur Wilson 29 Sep 1897 Manly, New South Wales (Australia) - 15 Feb 1982

John Wilton 22 Nov 1910 Strawberry Hills, New South Wales, Australia - 10 May 1981

Eric Woodward 21 Jul 1899 Hay, New South Wales (Australia) - 29 Dec 1967

George Wootten 01 May 1893 Marrickville, New South Wales (Australia) - 31 Mar 1970

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