John Raymond Broadbent (quartermaster-general)

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

Early life
Broadbent, Service Number: NX34728 (N8), was born in Ballarat, Victoria and enlisted in Sydney on 14 June 1940.

Service history
Broadbent held numerous posts during the Second World War, while also 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
 * Mention in Despatches