title: John Raymond Broadbent (quartermaster-general)
text: Brigadier John Raymond Broadbent,  (18 February 1893 – 28 February 1972) was a senior Australian Army officer in the Second World War.
  
  Early life
  Broadbent, Service Number: NX34728 (N8), was born in Ballarat, Victoria and enlisted in Sydney on 14 June 1940.
  
  Service history
  Broadbent held numerous posts during the Second World War, while also acting as a temporary brigadier and was Mentioned in Despatches in 1945. He held the following posts:
  1940 – Commanding Officer 7th Light Horse
  1940 – General Staff Officer 1 1st Australian Cavalry Division
  1940–1941 – Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General 8th Australian Infantry Division [Malaya]
  1942 – Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General New Guinea Force
  1942–1943 – Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General I Australian Corps [New Guinea]
  1943–1944 – Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General II Australian Corps
  1944–1945 – Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General I Australian Corps
  
  Honours and awards
  Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  Mention in Despatches
  
  See also
  List of Australian generals and brigadiers
  
  External links
  
  Bio at Steen Ammentorp's www.generals.dk
  Service record at WWII Nominal Roll site
  
  References
  
  1893 births
  1972 deaths
  Australian brigadiers
  Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
  Australian military personnel of World War I
  Australian Army personnel of World War II
  People from Ballarat
  Quartermasters
  Royal Military College, Duntroon graduates
  Military personnel from Victoria (state)