The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Ernest Ker Squires

Squires, Ernest Ker

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of December 1882

† 2nd of March 1940

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1925-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1929-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1929-01-01 Brevet Colonel
1929-12-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1929-01-01)
1932-10-18 Temporary Brigadier
1935-12-14 Major-General
1938-06-30 Lieutenant-General

Service

1929-12-01 1932-10-08 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1932-10-09 1932-10-18 Half-pay
1932-10-18 1936-02-08 Brigadier General Staff, Southern Command
1936-02-09 1936-04-28 Half-pay
1936-04-28 1938-06-29 Director of Staff Duties, War Office
1938-06-30 1939-10-12 Inspector-General of Australian Military Forces
1939-10-13 1940-01-26 Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters Australia
1940-03-02 Died of illness
Picture source: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C22886