Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

25/02/1932

Date of Discharge

19/11/1973

Place of Enlistment

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

10/01/1915

Place of Birth

Crows Nest NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Duntroon ACT, later in Endeavour Street, Red Hill ACT

Occupation

Soldier

Next of Kin

Sheila Brogan (wife), Red Hill ACT

Service Number

231

Final Rank

Lieutenant General

Final Unit

Chief of General Staff

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1972), Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1963),Companion of the Order of the Bath (1970), Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1944)

Brogan entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon as a staff cadet in 1932 and graduated in 1935 with the Sword of Honour and as Corps Sergeant-Major. He completed his engineering degree at Sydney University in 1938 and before the war he was Staff Officer Engineer Services and Instructor in Military Engineering. He was a member of the Canberra Division of the Institution of Engineers. He married Sheila Jones, the daughter of the Duntroon school teacher David Jones and Frances Shumack whose family had farmed in the Canberra area from the mid nineteenth century.

During World War 2 he was awarded the OBE for his service in the Salamaua-Lae campaign in New Guinea in 1944. Brogan paid official visits to Vietnam on duty from Army Headquarters in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1971. He served as Chief of the General Staff (1971-1973). Brogan died on 8 March 1994 aged 79 years.

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au/
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
It's an Honour: Australia Celebrating Australians http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours
The Canberra Times - 25 June 1941, 28 March 1946