PARAS Hackett, John Winthrop (Shan)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hackett ​

• FORENAME

John Winthrop (Shan) ​

• UNIT

4 Parachute Brigade (C.O.) ​

• RANK

T/Brigadier ​

• NUMBER

52752 ​

• AWARD

bar to Distinguished Service Order,Mention in Despatches (twice) ​

• PLACE

Italy 1943 (MiD) Arnhem 1944 (barDSO,MiD) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 5.11.1910 Perth,Western Australia​

son of John Winthrop and Deborah (nee Drake-Brockman) Hackett​

educated Geelong Grammar School​

educated Central School of Art,London​

educated New College,Oxford​

8th Hussars,R.A.C.​

WIA​

C.O. 4th Parachute Brigade​

WIA and POW Arnhem 1944 - escaped​

Commandant,Royal Military College of Science,Shrivenham 1958-61​

GOC-inC Northern Ireland Command 1961-63​

D.C.G.S. 1963-64​

C-in-C BAOR 1965-66​

Commander Northern Army Group,NATO​

author "I Was a Stranger" 1977​

biography "The Biography of General Sir John "Shan" Hackett,GCB,DSO,MC" (Roy Fullick) 2003​

awards GCB,KCB,CB,DSO and bar,MC,CBE,MBE​

married Margaret Frena 1942 (1 daughter + 2 adopted step-daughters)​

died 9.9.1997​

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