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John Whitham
Lieutenant Colonel John Whitham c.1919
Lieutenant Colonel John Whitham c. 1919
Born (1881-10-07)7 October 1881
Died 12 May 1952(1952-05-12) (aged 70)
Place of birth Jamalpur, Bengal, India
Place of death Concord, New South Wales, Australia
Allegiance Australia
Service/branch 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

Second World War
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[]

  1. Burness, Peter (1990). "Whitham, John Lawrence (1881–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 12. Canberra: Australian National University. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/whitham-john-lawrence-9084. 
  2. Chadwick, Justine (2017). Sword and Batton: Senior Australian Army Officers from Federation to 1901. Volume One: 1900 to 1939. Newport, New South Wales: Big Sky Publishing. pp. 619–624. ISBN 978-1-925520-30-9. 
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