The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Cawthorn, Walter Joseph
Major-General
* 11th of June 1896
† 4th of December 1970
(16th Rajput Regiment)
(Indian Army)
Promotions
| 1939-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-08-03 | Local Colonel |
| 1942-07-27 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-08-15 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-11-21 | Acting Major-General |
| 1943-02-15 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1943-11-21 | War Substantive Colonel |
| 1943-11-21 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1944-09-27 | Colonel (Dated back to 1942-01-01) |
| 1951-06-24 | Granted the honorary rank of Major-General |
Service
| 1937-01-06 | – | 1939-08-02 | General Staff Officer 2 War Office |
| 1939-08-02 | – | 1941-08-14 | General Staff Officer 1, Middle East Command |
| 1941-08-15 | – | 1944-04-30 | Director of Military Intelligence, Army Headquarters India |
| 1944-05-01 | – | 1945-03-02 | Director of Intelligence, Army Headquarters India |
| 1946-XX-XX | – | 1947-XX-XX | Representative of Commander in Chief India to Joint Chiefs of Staffs Australia |
| 1948-06-03 | Employed with the Pakistan Armed Forces | ||
| 1948-XX-XX | – | 1951-XX-XX | Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Pakistan Army |
| 1951-06-24 | Retired | ||
| 1952-XX-XX | – | 1954-XX-XX | Director Joint Intelligence Bureau, Australian Department of Defence |
| 1954-XX-XX | – | 1958-XX-XX | Australian High Commissioner in Pakistan |
| 1959-XX-XX | – | 1969-XX-XX | Australian High Commissioner in Canada |
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