John Raymond Broadbent (quartermaster-general)

Not to be confused with John Raymond Broadbent (major general).

Brigadier John Raymond Broadbent, CBE (18 February 1893 – 28 February 1972) was a senior Australian Army officer in the Second World War.

John Raymond Broadbent
Brigadier John Broadbent in June 1943
Born	(1893-02-18)18 February 1893 Ballarat, Victoria
Died	28 February 1972(1972-02-28) (aged 79)
Allegiance	Australia
Branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1911–1950
Rank	Brigadier
Service number	NX34728 (N8)[1]
Commands	7th Light Horse Regiment (1940)
Battles / wars	First World War Gallipoli Campaign Second World War New Guinea campaign
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches

Early life

Broadbent was born in Ballarat, Victoria and enlisted in Sydney on 14 June 1940.^[1]

Service history

Broadbent held numerous posts during the Second World War, while acting as a temporary brigadier, and was Mentioned in Despatches in 1945. He held the following posts:

• 1940 – Commanding Officer 7th Light Horse
• 1940 – General Staff Officer 1 1st Australian Cavalry Division
• 1940–1941 – Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General 8th Australian Infantry Division [Malaya]
• 1942 – Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General New Guinea Force
• 1942–1943 – Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General I Australian Corps [New Guinea]
• 1943–1944 – Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General II Australian Corps
• 1944–1945 – Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General I Australian Corps

Honours and awards

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire^[2][3][4]
• Mention in Despatches^[5][6][7]

See also

List of Australian generals and brigadiers

External links

• Bio at Steen Ammentorp's www.generals.dk
• Service record at WWII Nominal Roll site Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine