 When GHQ moved up to Brisbane , LHQ remained behind in Melbourne , but Blamey formed an Advanced LHQ under his Deputy Chief of the General Staff ( DCGS ) , Major General George Alan Vasey , which moved to nearby St Lucia . Major General Frank Berryman replaced Vasey as DCGS in September 1942 , and remained in the post until January 1944 . He resumed the post in July 1944 and remained until December 1945 . When the main body of GHQ moved to Hollandia , Advanced LHQ followed , opening there on 15 December , but when the main GHQ moved to Leyte in February 1945 , Advanced LHQ remained behind . A Forward Echelon LHQ was formed under Berryman that remained co @-@ located with the main body of GHQ , while the main body of LHQ remained at Hollandia until it moved to Morotai for the operations in Borneo in April 1945 . 
