Douglas Kendrew

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Douglas Anthony "Joe" Kendrew , KCMG , CB , CBE , DSO & 3 Bars (born July 22, 1910 in Barnstaple , Devon , England ; † February 28, 1989 in Nottingham , Nottinghamshire , England) was a British major general in the British Army , who was governor of Western Australia between 1963 and 1973 .

Life

Military career, World War II and Korean War

Douglas Anthony "Joe" Kendrew, the doctor's son John Alexander Kendrew, completed after the visit, which was founded in 1584 Uppingham School officer training and was after its completion in 1931 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the Leicestershire Regiment adopted a line infantry regiment of the British Army. In addition to his career as an officer, he also played for the British Army in rugby union between 1930 and 1936 and was captain of the army team on March 2, 1935 when it won 11: 8 against the Royal Navy team. After he found numerous uses as an officer and staff officer and was during the Second World War, after his appointment as Acting Lieutenant Colonel (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) on March 19, 1943 Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of in North Africa and Italy used the 6th Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment . In this position, he received the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) on June 19, 1943 and was also awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and a first clasp (bar) to the DSO for his military services in 1943 . After his simultaneous appointment as Acting Colonel and Acting Brigadier on January 24, 1944, he became commander of the 128th Infantry Brigade deployed in Italy, the Middle East and North Africa and remained in this position initially until December 22, 1944. During this time he received on July 24, 1944 the military service grade of Lieutenant Colonel (War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel) and the temporary ranks of Colonel (Temporary Colonel) and Brigadier General (Temporary Brigadier) . In addition, he became Companion of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1944 and received a second clasp to the DSO.

Kendrew was again commander of the 128th Infantry Brigade between January 28 and October 22, 1945 and again from November 30, 1945 to May 31, 1946, which was used during this time in Italy, the Middle East, Greece and most recently in Austria . Subsequently, on May 31, 1946, he was reassigned to the rank of lieutenant colonel and served between June 1 and November 3, 1946 as the first general staff officer of the armed forces in the Central Mediterranean Force . Having once the temporary rank of colonel on November 4, 1946 (Temporary Colonel) had received, he was on 4 November 1946 to 16 August 1948 commander of the Infantry School of the Army of the Rhine BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) and then between the August 17, 1948 and September 13, 1950 commander of the Army candidate school ( Army Apprentice school ) in Harrogate . He then served from 3 October 1950 to 27 September 1952 as deputy quartermaster (Assistant Quartermaster) of the Military District Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland District) and was, as such, on 28 July 1951 to the Colonel (Colonel) transported. On November 30, 1952 he was again the temporary rank of Brigadier General (Temporary Brigadier) and he was then between November 30, 1952 and November 5, 1953 commander of the 29th Infantry Brigade used in the Korean War (29th Infantry Brigade) . For his services there he was awarded a third DSO clasp in 1953.

Advance to major general and governor of Western Australia

On his return, Douglas Kendrew attended Imperial Defense College (IDC) in London from 1954 to 1955 and was then assistant quartermaster of the Northern Command between March 10, 1955 and September 28, 1956 . Then he received on October 19, 1956 the temporary rank of a major general (Temporary Major-General) and then took over from October 19, 1956 to October 11, 1958 the post of commander of the military district of Cyprus (Cyprus District) . In this use took place on 19 April 1957 was promoted to Brigadier (Brigadier) and three months later on June 29, 1957 and was promoted to Major General (Major-General) . In addition, he was also Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1958 . After his return he held the post of head of the infantry department in the War Office (Director of Infantry, War Office ) between December 15, 1958 and December 1, 1960 , and then from March 21, 1961 to March 22, 1963 as chief -Verbindungsoffizier the joint liaison staff of the armed forces with Australia (Chief liaison Officer, joint Services staff liaison to Australia) . For his many years of service, he was beaten on July 12, 1963 to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) and has since had the suffix "Sir". On September 1, 1963, he left active military service and retired.

Then Sir Douglas Kendrew stayed in Australia and replaced Charles Gairdner as Governor of Western Australia on October 25, 1963 and held this office until August 28, 1973, when Hughie Edwards succeeded him on January 7, 1974. He also served as Colonel in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment between 1963 and 1965 and was made Colonel of Honor in the Australian Special Air Service Regiment in 1965 . His daughter Marcia Kendrew emerged from his marriage with Nora Elizabeth Harvey in 1936. In his honor, the former military airfield of the Royal Air Force RAF Cottesmore in the county of Rutland was renamed Kendrew Barracks in April 2012 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 267
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 91
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 148
  4. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 60
  5. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES in Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
  6. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS (p. 1163)
  7. ↑ From August 28, 1973 to January 7, 1974, Sir Albert Wolff was acting governor of Western Australia. See: Australian States: Western Australia Governors in Rulers
personal data
SURNAME Kendrew, Douglas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kendrew, Douglas Anthony (full name); Kendrew, Joe (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Major General in the British Army, rugby player and Governor of Western Australia
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Barnstaple , Devon , England
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1989
Place of death Nottingham , Nottinghamshire , England