James Cannan
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Major General James Harold Cannan, was an Australian Army brigadier general in the First World War and the Quartermaster General during the Second World War.
Major General James Cannan in 1944
Major General Alexander Godley (right) at Quinn's Post, Anzac with Brigadier General Harry Chauvel (left). Cannan is the officer in his shirt sleeves.
Major General J. E. S. Stevens of the 6th Division (right) greets Lieutenant General John Northcott (left) and Major General J. H. Cannan (second from left) on their arrival at Tadji Airstrip.
Henry Wynter
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Lieutenant General Henry Douglas Wynter, was an Australian Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general during the Second World War. Official Historian Gavin Long described him as "perhaps
James Cannan
…in the 1942 reorganisation, the Military Board was abolished and Cannan now reported to the Lieutenant General Administration, Lieutenant General Henry Wynter, instead. Cannan volunteered for the Second Australian Imperial Force and was allotted the serial number VX89075 on 2 September 1942. As Quartermaster…
Major General H. D. Wynter with the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Lord Cranborne