John Carl Murchie

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John Carl Murchie , CB , CBE , CD (born June 7, 1895 in Edmundston , Madawaska County , New Brunswick ; † March 5, 1966 in Ottawa , Ontario ) was a Canadian officer who served as lieutenant general between 1944 and 1945 as chief of the general staff of Army was.

Life

After attending school, John Carl Murchie completed an officer training course at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston and, after graduating in 1915, took part in the First World War as a member of the army in France . He found after several uses as an officer of the militia and was on June 26, 1925 to captain , and on April 1, 1935 retroactive effect from 26 June 1930, Major transported. Between January 1 and November 30, 1939, he served as General Staff Officer of the First Degree at the Headquarters for National Defense, where he was initially appointed Director of Military Operations after his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel on December 1, 1939 at the beginning of the Second World War in 1940 . In this position, he was promoted to colonel on May 13, 1940, and then in 1941 was appointed director of military training and staff services at the National Defense Headquarters. After he was awarded the temporary rank of brigadier general on February 24, 1941 , he was posted to the United Kingdom and was there between January 24, 1941 and February 14, 1942, brigadier general on the staff of the Canadian Military Headquarters there.

After his return, Murchie was promoted to major general on February 15, 1942 and served as Vice-Chief of the Army General Staff from February 15, 1942 to May 2, 1945. He was also the commanding general of the Pacific Army Command between June 1 and September 2, 1942 . On May 3, 1944, he replaced Lieutenant General Kenneth Stuart at the Headquarters for National Defense as Chief of the Army General Staff and remained in this post until August 20, 1945, when he was succeeded by Lieutenant General Charles Foulkes . On June 2, 1943, he became Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). On May 3, 1944, he was promoted to lieutenant general . He was also Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on January 1, 1945 .

After the war ended, Lieutenant General Murchie was sent back to Great Britain, where he was Chief of Staff at the Canadian Military Headquarters between 1946 and his retirement in 1946.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33650, HMSO, London, October 7, 1930, p. 6095 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 34154, HMSO, London, April 26, 1935, p. 2772 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
  3. ↑ List of commanders of the Army on the Canadian Army homepage
  4. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36034, HMSO, London, May 28, 1943, p. 2478 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
  5. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 36867, HMSO, London, December 29, 1944, p. 109 ( PDF , accessed January 18, 2019, English).
predecessor Office successor
Kenneth Stuart Chief of the Army General Staff
1944–1945 		Charles Foulkes
personal data
SURNAME Murchie, John Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmundston , Madawaska County , New Brunswick
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1966
Place of death Ottawa , Ontario