The Generals of WWII
Generals from New Zealand
Miles
Reginald, Brigadier
(1892 – 1943)
1937
- 1938
District Officer Commanding Northern Military District
1939
New Zealand Liaison Officer War Office, England
1939
Quartermaster-General
1939
- 1940
Commander Royal Artillery 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Middle East
1940
Acting General Officer Commanding 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force United Kingdom
1940
Acting General Officer Commanding 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force United Kingdom
1941
Commander Royal Artillery 2nd New Zealand Infantry Division, Greece - Crete - North Africa
1941
- 1943
Prisoner of War
1943
Escaped
1943
Committed suicide in Spain in a state of depression
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley