married in January 1943, and was President of the Royal Australian Artillery Association (Victoria) Inc. from 1984 to 1987. Frederick Thomas Brigadier Frederick Thomas (Fred) Whitelaw, CBE, (born 1919) entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1937 and graduated in 1940. By the end of the war, he was in command of the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Heavy). In 1951, Lieutenant Colonel Whitelaw was General Staff Officer Grade 1 in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Kure, Japan, returning to Australia with his wife and son in April 1952. In 1961, Colonel Whitelaw was commander of the Royal Tasmania Regiment. After a period as Commander of the Australian Army Force, Far East Land Forces, in November 1971 Brigadier Whitelaw became ANZUK commander in Singapore. On completion of his 2-year term, he returned to a staff appointment at Army Headquarters in Canberra. John Major General John Whitelaw, AO, CBE (1921–2010) enlisted in the Militia in 1939 and served in New Guinea and Bouganville during the Second World War. When the Citizen Military Force (CMF) was restructured, Captain Whitelaw returned to the Active List with Headquarters Western Command on 4 July 1948. He applied for a commission in the Interim Army, and on 1 July 1949 began a full-time army career which consumed him for the next 29 years during which he rose to become a major general and Deputy Chief of the General Staff. Notes References Further reading 1894 births 1964 deaths Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Australian Companions of the Order of the Bath Australian generals Australian military personnel of World War I Australian Army personnel of World War II Military personnel from Melbourne Royal Military College, Duntroon graduates People from Hawthorn, Victoria People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)