Major General Paul David McLachlan, AO, CSC is a retired senior Australian Army officer.
[1] McLachlan joined in the Australian Army in 1982 and graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1985.
After a range of staff appointments, McLachlan returned to 8th/12th Medium Regiment as its commander in 2003–2004, then moved to J3 (Operations Officer) in Headquarters 1st Division/Deployable Joint Force Headquarters.
He served as J3 in Joint Task Force 633 in Baghdad from February 2006, then as Chief of Staff in Headquarters 1st Division.
From January 2013, McLachlan became Head of Land Systems in the Defence Materiel Organisation.