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Table B.16: ADF permanent members, 2018-19

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)

2

3

3

8

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

3

3

8

Major General (E)

10

15

8

33

1

3

2

6

–

–

–

–

11

18

10

39

Brigadier (E)

33

51

33

117

5

7

4

16

–

–

–

–

38

58

37

133

Colonel (E)

126

169

126

421

22

29

22

73

–

–

–

–

148

198

148

494

Lieutenant Colonel (E)

372

594

432

1,398

77

100

103

280

–

–

–

–

449

694

535

1,678

Major (E)

647

1,582

890

3,119

172

281

248

701

1

–

–

1

820

1,863

1,138

3,821

Captain (E)

929

1,525

1,419

3,873

283

277

467

1,027

–

–

1

1

1,212

1,802

1,887

4,901

Lieutenant (E)

251

828

512

1,591

69

289

192

550

–

–

–

–

320

1,117

704

2,141

2nd Lieutenant (E)

45

7

307

359

8

1

103

112

–

–

–

–

53

8

410

471

Officer Cadet (E)

307

562

245

1,114

126

140

127

393

–

1

1

2

433

703

373

1,509

Officer total

2,722

5,337

3,975

12,034

763

1,127

1,268

3,158

1

1

2

4

3,486

6,465

5,245

15,196

Other ranks

Regimental Sergeant Major (E)

1

1

1

3

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

1

1

3

Warrant Officer Class 1 (E)

214

593

495

1,302

20

71

77

168

–

–

–

–

234

664

572

1,470

Warrant Officer Class 2 (E)

874

1,747

646

3,267

113

173

111

397

–

–

–

–

987

1,920

757

3,664

Staff Sergeant (E)

–

2

–

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

–

2

Sergeant (E)

1,206

2,128

1,317

4,651

242

267

268

777

–

–

–

–

1,448

2,395

1,585

5,428

Corporal (E)

1,893

3,686

1,800

7,379

519

600

463

1,582

1

–

–

1

2,413

4,286

2,263

8,962

Lance Corporal (E)

–

1,343

–

1,343

–

147

–

147

–

–

–

–

–

1,490

–

1,490

Private Proficient (E)

2,709

7,178

2,161

12,048

894

1,037

693

2,624

–

–

1

1

3,603

8,215

2,855

14,673

Private (E)

616

1,456

289

2,361

273

453

254

980

–

–

–

–

889

1,909

543

3,341

Private Trainee (E)

658

1,270

188

2,116

208

297

186

691

1

–

–

1

867

1,567

374

2,808

Recruit (E)

214

449

89

752

64

147

58

269

–

–

–

–

278

596

147

1,021

Others ranks total

8,385

19,853

6,986

35,224

2,333

3,192

2,110

7,635

2

–

1

3

10,720

23,045

9,097

42,862

Total ADF

11,107

25,190

10,961

47,258

3,096

4,319

3,378

10,793

3

1

3

7

14,206

29,510

14,342

58,058

Notes: 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). Some 30 June 2019 figures have been adjusted from what was reported in the Defence Annual Report 2018–19 to account for retrospective transactions.

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