John Lavarack

Lieutenant General Sir John Lavarack KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO
16th Governor of Queensland
In office 1 October 1946 – 4 December 1957
Monarch	George VI (until 1952) Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Leslie Wilson
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Abel Smith
Personal details
Born	(1885-12-19)19 December 1885 Kangaroo Point, Queensland
Died	4 December 1957(1957-12-04) (aged 71) Buderim, Queensland
Spouse(s)	Sybil Nevett Ochiltree
Profession	Soldier
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1905–1946
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	First Army I Corps 7th Division Chief of the General Staff Royal Military College, Duntroon
Battles/wars	First World War Western Front Balkans Campaign Battle of the Somme Battle of Pozières Battle of Amiens Battle of Hamel Second World War North African Campaign Siege of Tobruk Syria-Lebanon Campaign
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (4) Croix de guerre (France)

First World War

Second World War

Lieutenant General Sir John Dudley Lavarack KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO (19 December 1885 – 4 December 1957) was an Australian soldier who was Governor of Queensland from 1 October 1946 to 4 December 1957, the first Australian-born governor of that state.

Lavarack was born in Kangaroo Point, a suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, on 19 December 1885. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School, where he excelled in the school's army cadets program.

On 7 August 1905, Lavarack was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Australian Artillery. In early 1913, he trained as an officer at the Staff College, Camberley in England, and upon the outbreak of the First World War was assigned first to the War Office, then as a Brigade Major of the 22nd Division artillery. Lavarack's division spent a month in France during September 1915, but was transferred to Salonica in Greece, where it fought in the Balkans Campaign.

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