He retired as a brigadier general in 1942 .
Brigadier General Alfred Joseph Bessell - Browne CB , CMG , DSO ( 3 September 1877 -- 3 August 1947 ) was an Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in the First World War .
Alfred Joseph Bessell - Browne CB retired as a brigadier general in 1942 .
Brigadier General Alfred Joseph Bessell - Browne CB , CMG , DSO ( 3 September 1877 -- 3 August 1947 ) was an Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in the First World War .