The Generals of WWII

Generals from New Zealand Flag for New Zealand
Portrait of Major-General Owen Herbert Mead

Mead

Owen Herbert, Major-General

(1892 – 1942)

1935
- 1938
Adjutant-General
1937
- 1938
Quartermaster-General
1938
- 1939
District Officer Commanding Northern Military District
1939
- 1940
Adjutant-General
1940
- 1942
District Officer Commanding Southern Military District
1942
General Officer Commanding 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force Pacific
1942
Killed in an aircraft crash at sea
Picture source: Cortesy of Nicola Gavey