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Housekeeping, plus a few corrections, plus an 11 day gap Pdfpdf (talk) 17:07, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

List of Ministers for Defence
There was a Minister for Defence from 1 January 1901 until 13 November 1939, with the exception of two small breaks. The separate titles of Minister for the Navy, Minister for the Army, and Minister for the Air were abolished in the second Whitlam Ministry on 30 November 1973, when the separate departments of Navy, Army and Air were also abolished. There had also been a separate Navy portfolio between 1915 and 1921.

The following have served as Minister for Defence: