Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Lieutenant General Sir Sydney Fairbairn Rowell, KBE, CB (15 December 1894 12 April 1975) was an Australian soldier who served as Chief of the General Staff from 17 April 1950 to 15 December 1954. As Vice Chief of the General Staff from 8 January 1946 to 16 April 1950 he played a key role in the post-World War II reorganisation of the Army, and in the 1949 Australian coal strike. However, he is best known as the commander who was dismissed in the Kokoda Track campaign.