Major General John Raymond Broadbent, CBE, DSO, ED (24 June 1914 – 27 October 2006) was an Australian Army officer and lawyer.
He served in the 17th Battalion (The North Sydney Regiment) during the interwar period, enlisted in Second Australian Imperial Force on 7 May 1940, and arrived in the Middle East in November.
He was promoted temporary lieutenant colonel in February 1944 and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in April for "energy and determined leadership at Lae and Finschhafen" as a major.
[3][4] Broadbent was posted to Borneo from April to December 1945 and discharged on 15 March 1946 with the rank of lieutenant colonel while Commanding Officer of the 2/17th Battalion.
Broadbent was appointed the first commanding officer of the 17/18th Battalion (The North Shore Regiment) on the raising of the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) in 1948.