Walter Joseph Cawthorn Military person

Major-General Sir Walter Joseph Cawthorn CBE CIE CB (11 June 1896 – 4 December 1970) was an Australian soldier and diplomat, commonly known as a former head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS). Cawthorn was born in the suburb of Prahran in Melbourne. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Service, following the start of World War I, and served as a regimental sergeant major, in Gallipoli. Cawthorn took charge of the Middle East Intelligence Centre, at the start of World War II, and later became the director of military intelligence at the General Headquarters, in India. He was knighted in 1958, and appointed as high commissioner of Canada. Cawthron died in Melbourne, at the age of 74.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 11, 1896
Birth place
Victoria (Australia) , Prahran Victoria
Date of deathDecember 04, 1970
Place of death
Victoria (Australia) , Melbourne

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award
Order of the Bath
Order of the Indian Empire
Order of the British Empire
military operations
Gallipoli Campaign
service start1915
service end1951

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