Frank Berryman

Sir Frank Horton Berryman
Major General Frank Berryman in 1944
Nickname(s)	"Frank the Florist" "Berry the Bastard"
Born	(1894-04-11)11 April 1894 Geelong, Victoria
Died	28 May 1981(1981-05-28) (aged 87) Rose Bay, New South Wales
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1913–54
Rank	Lieutenant General
Service number	VX20308
Commands held	Eastern Command (1946–54) I Corps (1944) II Corps (1943–44) Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1942–43) 14th Field Artillery Battery (1918) 18th Field Artillery Battery (1917–18)
Battles/wars	First World War Battle of Pozières Second Battle of Bullecourt Battle of Passchendaele Hundred Days Offensive Second World War Western Desert Campaign Syria-Lebanon campaign Netherlands East Indies campaign Battle of Buna-Gona Salamaua-Lae campaign Finisterre Range campaign Huon Peninsula campaign Philippines campaign (1944–45) Borneo Campaign (1945)
Awards	Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Mention in Despatches (4) Medal of Freedom (US)
Other work	Director General of the Royal Tour Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales

First World War

Second World War

Lieutenant General Sir Frank Horton Berryman, KCVO, CB, CBE, DSO (11 April 1894 – 28 May 1981) was an Australian Army officer who served as a general during the Second World War. The son of an engine driver, he entered Duntroon in 1913. His class graduated early after the First World War broke out, and he served on the Western Front with the field artillery. After the war, he spent nearly twenty years as a major.

Berryman joined the Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 4 April 1940 with the rank of full colonel, and became General Staff Officer Grade 1 (GSO1) of the 6th Division. He was responsible for the staff work for the attacks on Bardia and Tobruk. In January 1941, Berryman became Commander, Royal Artillery, 7th Division, and was promoted to brigadier. During the Syria-Lebanon campaign, he commanded "Berryforce". He returned to Australia in 1942, becoming Major General, General Staff, of the First Army. Later that year, he became Deputy Chief of the General Staff under the Commander in Chief, General Sir Thomas Blamey, who brought him up to Port Moresby to simultaneously act as chief of staff of New Guinea Force. Berryman was intimately involved with the planning and execution of the Salamaua-Lae campaign and the Huon Peninsula campaign. In November 1943 he became acting commander of II Corps, which he led in the Battle of Sio. In the final part of the war, he was Blamey's representative at General of the Army Douglas MacArthur's headquarters and the Australian Army representative at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay.