Brigadier David Adie Whitehead, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, ED (30 September 1896 – 23 October 1992) was an Australian Army officer who fought in both First and Second World Wars.

[10] He was awarded the Military Cross in September 1918 for leading a battery of eight machine guns under heavy fire during an attack in late August.

[10] With the war now over due to the armistice with Germany in November 1918, Whitehead left the full-time army after returning to Australia the following year, but continued to serve in the part-time Citizens Military Forces (CMF).

[9] Whitehead led the brigade through the Second Battle of El Alamein during October and November that year in which it took part in heavy fighting.

[10] He also served as the aide de camp to the Governor General of Australia between January 1949 and May 1952 and commanded the CMF contingent which attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II between March and June 1953.