Political

Australian War Cabinet - made up of National-Liberal and Labour members of parliament

• Robert Menzies - Prime Minister


• Sir Percy Spender – Minister of Defence


• Sir Henry Gullet – Minister of Information


• Frederick Shedden - Secretary of the Department of Defence


• Rt. Hon Sir Arthur Fadden KCMG - Treasurer and Member of the Australian War Cabinet 1940-41, Prime Minister Aug-Oct 1941.

Military

• General Sir Thomas Blamey – Commander of 1st Australian Corps


• Brigadier Sydney Rowell – Blamey’s Chief of Staff in the Middle East


• Lieutenant Colonel John Rogers – Blamey’s senior Intelligence Officer in Greece


• Major General Iven McKay – Commander of the 6th Australian Division


• Colonel Alex Sheppard – General Iven McKay’s Liaison Officer– spoke Greek and French. His liaison area was V-shaped zone between the Vevi gap, Mackay’s Headquarters at Soti, Greek Headquarters in the town of Kozani and the Veria Pass


• Brigadier George Vassey or ‘Bloody’ George – Commander 19th Brigade


• Captain T. Luxton – liaison officer - 19th Brigade HQ


• Lieutenant Reg Holmes- intelligence officer –19th Brigade


• Brigadier ‘Tubby’ Allen – Commander 16th Brigade


• Lieutenant C. Norman. Swinton – Liaison Officer 16th Brigade Headquarters


• Captain Lovell – intelligence officer 16th Brigade


• Brigadier Savige – Commander 17th Brigade


• Lieutenant Ian Lowen - Liaison officer 17th Brigade HQ


• Corporal G. [George?] J. Caling of the 2/2nd battation - could speak Greek and was used as an interpreter by Chilton his commanding officer


• Ian Sabey - intelligence officer in Greece under Brigadier John Rogers and Ken Wells


• Robert Roy Vial - 2/7th Infantry Battalion- assigned as intelligence officer to 6th Div Headquarters in Greece


• Lieutenant Fleming – Intelligence officer to Mitchell who was commanding officer of 2/8th Battalion- 19th Brigade