William Bridges (general)

Sir William Throsby Bridges
Major General William Bridges c. 1914
Born	(1861-02-18)18 February 1861 Greenock, Scotland
Died	18 May 1915(1915-05-18) (aged 54) At sea
Buried	Royal Military College, Duntroon
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1885–1915
Rank	Major General
Commands held	1st Division (1914–15) Royal Military College, Duntroon (1910–14) Chief of the General Staff (1909)
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War Gallipoli Campaign
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Mentioned in Despatches

Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges, KCB, CMG (18 February 1861 – 18 May 1915) was a senior Australian Army officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Military College, Duntroon and who served as the first Australian Chief of the General Staff. During the First World War he commanded the 1st Australian Division at Gallipoli, where he died of wounds on 18 May 1915, becoming the first Australian general officer to be killed during the war. He was the first Australian officer—and the first graduate of Kingston—to reach the rank of major general, the first to command a division, and the first to receive a knighthood. He is one of only two Australians killed in action in the Great War to be interred in Australia.