Talk:List of Australian generals and brigadiers

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[edit] Complete?

How was this list compiled? How is it maintained? There are no sources identified, but I think some are missing. What is the minimum rank to be included? Brigadier, Major General, Lieutenant General, or full General? --Scott Davis ^Talk 09:39, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I believe the list was based on the External link mentioned at the bottom of the article: www.generals.dk run by Steen Ammentorp. He said it includes any officer who had a rank above colonel (even acting). Although it should include a full list of generals in WWII, generals from other eras may not have been included in this list. Diverman 11:46, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

So that's Brigadier or higher. I've added a note to the effect that the list is not complete, and a few more I found links to in other articles. Thanks. I suspect this article is not really going to be maintainable. At least generals.dk gives a framework of major commands for any articles. I notice a number of these people have links elsewhere to First Last (General), who are here as First Middle Last, so there could be potential for overlap, too. --Scott Davis ^Talk 13:18, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Scott. I think the middle names should be taken out and First Last (General) used for disambiguation, unless there is potential for confusion or they were generally known by a middle name. Otherwise we will end up with a lot of duplicate articles. It has already happened in at least one case, Iven Giffard Mackay and Iven Mackay. Grant | Talk 16:22, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Why create a "list of Australian Generals" and then include brigadiers, who are NOT generals? This makes no sense at all. Hawkeye7 12:45, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] World War 2?

The article says it is a list of WW2 Generals, but it includes Sir John Monash. He was dead by then. Is it meant to be WW1 and WW2 generals? Ebglider91 (talk) 08:49, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

It actually says that the list is believed to be complete for WW2 generals only - WW1 and post-1945 generals need to be added. --Nick Dowling (talk) 09:50, 24 January 2008 (UTC)