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Table B.20: ADF permanent and Reserve members, 2018-19

Reserve1

Reserve2

Navy

Army

Air Force

ADF

Navy

Army

Air Force

ADF

Officer

General (E)

1

1

1

1

Lieutenant General (E)

2

3

3

8

4

2

2

8

Major General (E)

11

18

10

39

20

22

22

64

Brigadier (E)

38

58

37

133

54

79

68

201

Colonel (E)

148

198

148

494

113

249

191

553

Lieutenant Colonel (E)

449

694

535

1,678

293

566

375

1,234

Major (E)

820

1,863

1,138

3,821

456

1,287

751

2,494

Captain (E)

1,212

1,802

1,887

4,901

497

1,224

782

2,503

Lieutenant (E)

320

1,117

704

2,141

10

569

54

633

2nd Lieutenant (E)

53

8

410

471

3

1

4

Officer Cadet (E)

433

703

373

1,509

556

556

Other total

3,486

6,465

5,245

15,196

1,447

4,557

2,247

8,251

Other ranks

Regimental Sergeant Major (E)

1

1

1

3

Warrant Officer Class 1 (E)

234

664

572

1,470

119

530

364

1,013

Warrant Officer Class 2 (E)

987

1,920

757

3,664

360

723

288

1,371

Staff Sergeant (E)

2

2

19

19

Sergeant (E)

1,448

2,395

1,585

5,428

355

1,183

497

2,035

Corporal (E)

2,413

4,286

2,263

8,962

557

2,118

779

3,454

Lance Corporal (E)

1,490

1,490

1,051

1,051

Private Proficient (E)

3,603

8,215

2,855

14,673

491

4,237

748

5,476

Private (E)

889

1,909

543

3,341

12

2,211

135

2,358

Private Trainee (E)

867

1,567

374

2,808

971

33

1,004

Recruit (E)

278

596

147

1,021

3

1,167

15

1,185

Other ranks

10,720

23,045

9,097

42,862

1,897

14,210

2,859

18,966

Total ADF

14,206

29,510

14,342

58,058

3,344

18,767

5,106

27,217

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

  1. Figures are 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).
  2. Reserves include all members rendering service in Service Categories 5, 4 and 3 and Reserves undertaking continuous full-time service (Service Option C). This does not include members in Service Category 2, who do not render service.