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World War 2, Australia, EATHER, 11 Division, 1945
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Major General Ken Eather, GOC 5 Division
Historical information
Major General Kenneth William Eather, CB, CBE, DSO, ED (6 July 1901 – 9 May 1993) was a senior Australian Army officer who served during World War2 . Eather led the 2/1 Battalion in the Battle of Bardia, 25 Infantry Brigade on the Kokoda Track campaign and 11 Division in the New Britain campaign. He was the last Australian officer to be promoted to the rank of major general during World War 2, and when he died in 1993 he was Australia's last surviving general of that war.
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cwa-org-32-P1980.338.2a
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Contextual Information
You can follow the campaigns in which General Eather fought in the World War 2 Gallery at the Australian Army Museum of WA
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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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