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Table B.15: ADF permanent members, 2019-20

Male

Female

Indeterminate

Total

Navy

Army

Air Force

ADF

Navy

Army

Air Force

ADF

Navy

Army

Air Force

ADF

Navy

Army

Air Force

ADF

Officer

General (E)

1

1

1

1

Lieutenant General (E)

3

3

2

8

3

3

2

8

Major General (E)

8

18

8

34

2

4

1

7

10

22

9

41

Brigadier (E)

38

51

32

121

6

9

6

21

44

60

38

142

Colonel (E)

139

164

135

438

29

28

25

82

168

192

160

520

Lieutenant Colonel (E)

403

607

434

1,444

102

107

105

314

1

1

506

714

539

1,759

Major (E)

689

1,591

871

3,151

183

281

259

723

872

1,872

1,130

3,874

Captain (E)

915

1,515

1,482

3,912

282

301

461

1,044

1

1

1,197

1,816

1,944

4,957

Lieutenant (E)

290

834

513

1,637

90

293

214

597

1

1

380

1,128

727

2,235

2nd Lieutenant (E)

51

3

331

385

10

111

121

1

1

61

3

443

507

Officer Cadet (E)

355

552

243

1,150

147

142

135

424

502

694

378

1,574

Officer total

2,891

5,339

4,051

12,281

851

1,165

1,317

3,333

1

1

2

4

3,743

6,505

5,370

15,618

Other ranks

Regimental Sergeant Major (E)

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

3

Warrant Officer Class 1 (E)

227

611

476

1,314

25

71

72

168

252

682

548

1,482

Warrant Officer Class 2 (E)

913

1,765

647

3,325

131

178

117

426

1,044

1,943

764

3,751

Staff Sergeant (E)

2

2

2

2

Sergeant (E)

1,295

2,148

1,278

4,721

272

272

263

807

1,567

2,420

1,541

5,528

Corporal (E)

2,038

3,670

1,772

7,480

573

619

473

1,665

1

1

2,611

4,290

2,245

9,146

Lance Corporal (E)

1,408

1,408

165

165

1,573

1,573

Private Proficient (E)

2,500

6,684

1,978

11,162

905

1,164

826

2,895

1

1

3,405

7,848

2,805

14,058

Private (E)

600

1,663

267

2,530

268

371

254

893

1

1

869

2,034

521

3,424

Private Trainee (E)

914

1,339

316

2,569

218

235

165

618

1,132

1,574

481

3,187

Recruit (E)

290

587

99

976

113

168

66

347

403

755

165

1,323

Other ranks total

8,777

19,878

6,833

35,488

2,506

3,243

2,237

7,986

1

1

1

3

11,284

23,122

9,071

43,477

Total ADF

11,668

25,217

10,884

47,769

3,357

4,408

3,554

11,319

2

2

3

7

15,027

29,627

14,441

59,095

Note: Figures in this table are headcount for permanent members (Service Categories 7 and 6) and do not include Reserves (Service Categories 5, 4, 3 and 2), Reserves undertaking continuous full-time service (Service Option C) or ADF Gap Year participants (Service Option G).