title: Daniel Luxton
text: # Daniel Luxton
  
  Brigadier Daniel Aston Luxton, CMG, DSO, VD (22 June 1891 – 1960) was an Australian Army officer in the First and Second World Wars.
  
  ## Military career
  
  Luxton served in the Australian Imperial Force in the 5th Battalion. Luxton embarked from Melbourne as a lieutenant on 21 October 1914. After being repeatedly promoted over the course of the war, Luxton was appointed the commanding officer of the 5th Battalion on 8 March 1917. During his wartime service, Luxton was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
  
  During the Second World War, Luxton served as a brigadier in the Second Australian Imperial Force.
  
  