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Major General David McLachlan A.M.

General Officer Logistic Command, Australian Army, 1992

Mr McLachlan was born in Harden (NSW) in 1937. He graduated from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea December 1959 and was allotted to the Royal Australian Army Service Corps.

The early years of his service saw him take on regimental and staff appointments in Australia, Malaysia during confrontation with Indonesia, and in South Vietnam.

He underwent training in the UK, attending the University of Reading from 1970 to 1971, followed by a series of attachments to British and United States Army units in Germany.

In 1973 he attended the Army Command and Staff College at Fort Queenscliff and was then posted to Headquarters Logistic Command where he served as a staff officer until the end of 1977.

He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in December 1976 and commanded a Logistic Battalion in Western Australia.

In 1983, he was promoted to Colonel and appointed Director of Logistic Operations for Army.

He assumed the appointment of Chief of Staff, Headquarters Logistic Command, in January, 1986, and was promoted to Brigadier for 3 years.

During this period he also attended the US Naval Post Graduate College in Monterey, California.

In July 1989, he moved to Sydney as Commander 2nd Military District where he stayed until the end of 1990. Returning to Melbourne in January 1991, he was promoted to Major General and assumed the appointment of General Officer Commanding Logistic Command.

He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 and promoted to Officer in the Order on the Queen’s Birthday list in 1993.

Mr McLachlan retired from the Army in March 1994.

‘‘I joined the army because I saw it as a fulfilling career and my time was very rewarding,’’ he said.

McLachlan is chairman of Industry Capability Network Ltd, a director of the Royal Humane Society and a trustee of the Shrine of Remembrance.

He was elected state president of the Victorian Branch of the Returned and Services League in June 2002 and retired from that position in February, 2017.

The retired Major General is married to his wife, Louise.