Major General Kathryn Leslei Toohey, AM, CSC is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army.
[1] Toohey has also had postings in the 7th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare), 1st Brigade Headquarters, in the Strategic Operations Division of Headquarters Northern Command, and 13 months as a troop commander in the Force Communications Unit as part of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia.
Toohey was awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours for her role in the development of Military Satellite Communications.
[6] Upon her return to the army in 2017, she was promoted to the rank of major general and appointed as the Head of Land Capability.
[1] Toohey was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours for "exceptional service to the Australian Defence Force in the fields of capability development and education.