Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED - Wagga Wagga Army Cadet Unit
(Commander Allied Land Forces - South West Pacific Area - World War Two, and former Officer of Cadets)

Mr James Castrission - Knox Grammar Cadet Unit (NSW)
(Adventurer, completed world's first Trans-Tasman kayak expedition from Australia to New Zealand; completed first unassisted walk to South Pole)

Brigadier Bruce Cook, ADC - Port Hacking High School Cadet Unit (NSW)
(Project Leader - Cadet, Reserve andEmployer Support Division)

General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC - Waverley College Cadet Unit (NSW)
(Former Chief of the Australian Defence Force)

Lieutenant General Sir Carl Jess, CB, Kt - Bendigo Cadet Unit - First Victorian Volunteer Cadets
(Adjutant General, Director of Women's National Service  "Australian Women's Land Army" - World War Two, Officer of Cadets)

Mr Justin Jones - Knox Grammar Cadet Unit (NSW)
(Adventurer, completed world's first Trans-Tasman kayak expedition from Australia to New Zealand; completed first unassisted walk to South Pole.)

Major General Aziz (Greg) Melick, AM, RFD, S.C. - Newcastle Boy's High School Cadet Unit
(Head Cadet, Reserve and Employer Support Division, Senior Counsel, Cricket Australia's special investigator into cricket corruption, former Statutory Member of the National Crime Authority and NSW Casino Control Authority)

General Sir John Monash, GCMG, KCB, VD - Scotch College Cadet Unit (Melbourne)
(Commander Australian Corps - World War One)

General Sir John Northcott, KCMG, KCVO, CB - Dean State School and Grenville College Cadet Units (Ballarat)
(Officer of Cadets, Chief of the General Staff, Commander in Chief of British Commonwealth Occupation Force and Governor of New South Wales)

Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, VC, AK, KCMG, KCVO, CBE, KStJ -
(Recipient of the Victoria Cross and longest serving Governor of New South Wales)

Major General Sir Frederick Galleghan, DSO, OBE, ISO - Newcastle Army Cadet Unit
(Commanding Officer 2/30 Infantry Battalion, Deputy Commander Allied Prisoners of War - Malaya, and Officer of Cadets)