John Northcott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Northcott

Australian general

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1890

Place of Birth: Creswick, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 04-Aug-1966

Profession: military personnel, politician, military officer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About John Northcott

  • Lieutenant General Sir John Northcott (24 March 1890 – 4 August 1966) was an Australian Army general who served as Chief of the General Staff during the Second World War, and commanded the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in the Occupation of Japan.
  • He was the first Australian-born Governor of New South Wales. Northcott joined the Australian Army as a reservist in 1908, before becoming a regular officer in 1912.
  • On duty in Tasmania when the Great War broke out in 1914, he joined the 12th Infantry Battalion, a unit from that state.
  • He was wounded in the landing at Gallipoli on Anzac Day and invalided to Egypt, the United Kingdom, and ultimately Australia, taking no further part in the fighting.
  • After the war, Northcott served on a series of staff posts.
  • He attended the Staff College, Camberley and Imperial Defence College and also spent time overseas as an exchange officer with the British Army and as a military attachĂ© in the United States and Canada. During World War II, Northcott was attached to the British 7th Armoured Division in the Middle East to study armoured warfare, returning to Australia in December 1941 to organise the new 1st Armoured Division.
  • In March 1942, he assumed command II Corps.
  • In September 1942, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff.
  • As General Sir Thomas Blamey's principal non-operational subordinate, he was responsible for administering and training the wartime army.
  • After the war, he served as commander of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in the post-war Occupation of Japan.
  • He retired from the Army in 1946 to become the Governor of New South Wales.

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