Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...

John Lawrence Whitham, (7 October 1881 – 12 May 1952) was a senior officer in the

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who held senior commands in the 1930s and early 1940s. He was awarded the

Distinguished Service Order The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a Military awards and decorations, military award of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful ...

(DSO) during the

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for his heroic actions during the Hundred Days Offensive in the final days of the war. The citation for the medal, appearing in '' The London Gazette'' in September 1918, reads:

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitham, John 1881 births 1952 deaths Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Australian generals Australian military personnel of the Second Boer War Australian military personnel of World War I Military personnel of British India Australian Army personnel of World War II Volunteer Defence Corps officers Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley