Most Famous Australian Military figures
Australia has produced 102 notable military figures throughout history, led by Charles Kingsford Smith. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
CK
Charles Kingsford Smith Australian Aviator 1897 – 1935
#
31,817
TB
Thomas Blamey Australian Militar 1884 – 1951
#
35,609
HC
Harry Chauvel Australian Militar 1865 – 1945
#
64,024
GB
Gordon Bennett (general) Australian Militar 1887 – 1962
#
73,039
HC
Harry Cobby Australian Militar 1894 – 1955
#
98,030
RW
Richard Williams (RAAF officer) Australian Force 1890 – 1980
#
111,424
NH
Neil Hamilton Fairley Australian Army 1891 – 1966
#
123,462
GA
George Alan Vasey Australian Militar 1895 – 1945
#
136,334
HR
Horace Robertson Australian Militar 1894 – 1960
#
143,639
SS
Stanley Savige Australian Officer 1890 – 1954
#
145,248
BW
Brudenell White Australian Officer 1876 – 1940
#
155,046
RD
Roderic Dallas Australian Officer 1891 – 1918
#
157,614
NB
Nancy Bird Walton Australian Aviator 1915 – 2009
#
174,922
AJ
Albert Jacka Australian Soldier 1893 – 1932
#
189,411
AC
Adrian Cole (RAAF officer) Australian Officer 1895 – 1966
#
201,692
TB
Thomas Baker (aviator) Australian Soldier 1897 – 1918
#
204,993
HM
Harry Murray Australian Gallantry 1880 – 1966
#
208,000
RB
Raymond Brownell Australian Militar 1894 – 1974
#
211,140
JG
John Gregory Crace Australian Militar 1887 – 1968
#
233,032
HE
Harold Edward Elliott Australian Officer 1878 – 1931
#
261,624