Lieutenant General Hector Geoffrey Edgar, CB, CBE (31 October 1903 – 1978) was a senior officer in the Australian Army.
He graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1923, and occupied a series of staff positions prior to and during the Second World War.
[5] In 1936, he graduated from the Royal Military College of Science in Woolwich, United Kingdom, and returned to Australia as Proof and Experimental Officer seconded to the Munitions and Supply Board from 11 January 1937.
[9] In this post he was the division's chief of staff, responsible for administration and planning during the formation's service in New Guinea, withdrawal to Australia for a period of leave and reorganisation, and redeployment to the Solomon Islands from November 1944 to take part in the Bougainville Campaign.
[11] That year, he was involved in planning the Long Range Weapons Establishment at Woomera, South Australia, and was appointed the first superintendent of the site.
[23] Edgar left the Australian Army after 43 years of service on 1 November 1963, and was succeeded as GOC Eastern Command by Major General Thomas Daly.