Following the outbreak of war with Japan , I Corps was shifted to the Far East , arriving in Java in January 1942 . Lavarack was recalled to Australia , where he was made acting commander-in-chief of Australian forces whilst waiting for Blamey to return from the Middle East to fill the role . He then commanded the Australian First Army , with responsibility for defending Queensland and New South Wales . In 1944 , he flew to the United States where he became head of the Australian Military Mission , and was military advisor for Australia to the United Nations Conference on International Organization . He returned to Australia in August 1946 , and frustrated by his lack of active command and constantly being passed over by Blamey and others , he retired from the military in September that year
United Nations Conference on International Organization
United Nations Conference on International Organization
John Lavarack