The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Ernest Geoffrey Weeks

Weeks, Ernest Geoffrey

Major-General

* 30th of May 1896

† 7th of September 1987

Promotions

1939-10-17 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-10-15 Colonel
1942-02-02 Temporary Brigadier
1942-11-30 Acting Major-General
1944-11-30 Acting Major-General
1946-01-08 Temporary Major-General

Service

1939-10-17 1940-05-19 Commander Royal Signals, 1st Canadian Infantry Division
1940-05-20 1941-10-05 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
1941-10-06 1941-10-14 General Staff Officer 1, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
1941-10-15 1942-02-01 Director of Military Training, National Defence Headquarters
1942-02-02 1942-04-10 Deputy Adjutant-General, National Defence Headquarters
1942-04-11 1943-06-29 Deputy Chief of the General Staff, National Defence Headquarters
1943-07-01 1944-02-12 Assistant Deputy Adjutant-General, Canadian Military Headquarters [England]
1944-02-13 1944-11-29 Chief of Canadian Section, 1st Echelon, Allied Armies Italy
1944-11-30 1945-10-15 Chief Administration Officer, Canadian Military Headquarters [England]
1946-01-04 Special employed, National Defence Headquarters
1946-01-05 1949-08-14 Adjutant-General, National Defence Headquarters
1950-10-15 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Clive M. Law