John Whitham
John Whitham | |
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 Lieutenant Colonel John Whitham c. 1919 | |
| Born | 7 October 1881 Jamalpur, Bengal, India |
| Died | 12 May 1952 (aged 70) Concord, New South Wales, Australia |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/ | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1898–1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Volunteer Defence Corps, 3rd Military District (1940–45) Southern Command (1940) 4th Division (1937–40) 3rd Military District (1937–40) 1st Military District (1935–37) 1st Mixed Brigade (1935–37) 6th Military District (1933–35) 49th Battalion (1918) 52nd Battalion (1917–18) |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War
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| Awards | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (3) |
Lieutenant General John Lawrence Whitham, CMG, DSO (7 October 1881 – 12 May 1952) was a senior officer in the Australian Army who held senior commands in the 1930s and early 1940s.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Burness, Peter (1990). "Whitham, John Lawrence (1881–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ^ Chadwick, Justin (2017). Sword and Batton: Senior Australian Army Officers from Federation to 2001 Volume One: 1900 to 1939. Newport, New South Wales: Big Sky Publishing. pp. 619–624. ISBN 978-1-925520-30-9.
Categories:
- 1881 births
- 1952 deaths
- Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Australian generals
- Australian military personnel of the Second Boer War
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- Volunteer Defence Corps officers
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley