Talk:Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)

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[edit] name and need

The name of this article is vague could clash with present of future articles. Chief of the Australian Defence Force would be a more suitable title. Also the information can also be found at Australian Defence Force Hossens27 09:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Chief of the Defence Force is the title - not Chief of the Australian Defence Force. That's just plain incorrect.

If we must make it nation specific (which I don't see why, at this point) - it should be Chief of the Defence Force - Australia or similar. But again, at this stage there are no other pages that clash with it, so I don't see the problem. Justinbrett 15:37, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Under the relevant Wikipedia naming conventions (see, for example, Wikipedia:Naming conventions (military units)) this article should definetly have 'Australia' in the title as it is only about the Australian Chief of the Defence Force, and not the generic position which exists in a number of countries.. It's bad enough that Americans often pretend that no other countries exist when writing articles here - us Australians should try to set an example! I strongly suggest that this article be renamed Chief of the Defence Force (Australia) as this is consistant with both the name of the actual position in question and the Wikipedia naming conventions (which, IMO, make lots of sense, especially as it's inevitable that there will be other articles about Chiefs of Defence Forces). --Nick Dowling 12:28, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Not sure if Chief of Defence Staff had a similar issue (it's a redirect), or if it's a later adaptation of Chief of the Defence Staff, which is a disambig. I support Nick's proposed name if a change is required, but see no need yet. --Scott Davis ^Talk 12:39, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I've moved it to Chief of the Defence Force (Australia) per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (government departments and ministers).--cj | talk 15:46, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Blamey

Should Thomas Blamey be on this page, as he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces during WW2? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tuba marc (talk • contribs) 03:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC).

No. The term Australian Military Forces meant the Army. There was a push to give him authority over all three services, but this was not approved by the government.

[edit] New Zealand Order of Merit

Is Peter Cosgrove entitled to post-nominals for the New Zealand Order of Merit? Normally you are not entitled to post-nominals for a foreign decoration. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:25, 23 March 2008 (UTC)