{{Short description|Australian general}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person |name= Francis Derham |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1885|05|15|df=yes}} |birth_place= Camberwell, Victoria |death_date= {{death date and age|1957|10|22|1885|05|15|df=yes}} |death_place= East Melbourne, Victoria |burial_place= |allegiance= Australia |branch= Citizens Military Force |service_years= 1907–1943 |rank= Major General |unit= |commands= 1st Division (1942–43)<br />4th Division (1940–42)<br />2nd Infantry Brigade (1933–39)<br />3rd Divisional Artillery (1927–33)<br />2nd Medium Artillery Brigade (1925–27)<br />2nd Field Artillery Brigade (1921–23)<br />8th Field Artillery Brigade (1920–21)<br />14th Field Artillery Brigade (1917–19)<br />3rd Divisional Ammunition Column (1917)<br />9th Field Artillery Brigade (1916–17)<br />23rd Battery, 8th Field Artillery Brigade (1915) |battles= First World War<br />Second World War |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath<br />Distinguished Service Order<br />Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration<br />Mentioned in Despatches (4)<br />Croix de Guerre (France) |relations= Enid Derham (sister)<br />Frederick Derham (uncle)<br />Richard Hodgson (uncle)<br />Sir David Derham (nephew) |other_work= }} Major General '''Francis Plumley Derham''', {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CB|DSO|VD}} (15 May 1885 – 22 October 1957) was an Australian solicitor and a senior officer in the Australian Army during the Second World War.<ref name="ADB">{{cite AuDB|first=Jeffrey|last=Grey|authorlink=Jeffrey Grey|title=Derham, Francis Plumley (1885–1957)|volume=13|year=1993|id2=derham-francis-plumley-9954/text17635|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Major General Cyril Clowes}} {{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|General Officer Commanding 1st Division}}|years=1942–1943}} {{s-aft|after=Major General Herbert Lloyd}} |- {{s-bef|before=Major General John Whitham}} {{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding 4th Division|years=1940–1942}} {{s-aft|after=Major General Jack Stevens}} {{s-end}}
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