The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Douglas Cyril Hawthorn

Hawthorn, Douglas Cyril

Major-General

* 13th of October 1897

† 19th of August 1974

(1st Punjab Regiment)

(Indian Army)

Promotions

1941-07-20 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-10-20 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-09-26 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-09-30 Acting Colonel
1943-09-30 Acting Brigadier
1944-03-30 Temporary Colonel
1944-03-30 Temporary Brigadier
1945-03-15 Acting Major-General
1946-03-15 War Substantive Colonel
1946-03-15 Temporary Major-General
1946-11-11 Colonnel (Dated back to 1946-09-26)
1947-05-10 Major-General

Service

1941-XX-XX 1942-XX-XX Assistant Commandant of Tactical School [India]
1942-10-XX 1944-10-26 Commanding Officer 62nd Indian Brigade
1944-10-27 1945-03-15 Brigadier General Staff, XV Indian Corps [Burma]
1945-03-15 1946-10-04 General Officer Commanding 23rd Indian Division [Java]
1945-XX-XX 1946-XX-XX General Officer Commanding Java
1946-10-XX 1947-08-15 Director of Military Training, Army Headquarters India
1947-XX-XX Deputy Chief of Staff to Commander in Chief India & Pakistan
1948-05-31 Retired
Picture source: From: "The Twenty Third Indian Division : Burma Malaya Java", 1946