- 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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