About Ernest Squires
Lived 1882 – 1940 (aged 57). Ernest Squires was a British engineer and military personnel.
Lieutenant-General Ernest Ker Squires, (18 December 1882 – 2 March 1940) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Australian Army from 1939 until his death in 1940.
Military career Squires was born in India, son of clergyman Rev. Robert Alfred Squires and Elizabeth Anne (nee Ker). He served with the 3rd Sappers and Miners in India from 1905. and on 17 January 1918 was promoted to major.
In 1932 he was made brigadier on the General Staff of Southern Command.
Squires became Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1936. On 30 June 1938 he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed inspector general of the Australian Military Forces.
He was made Chief of the General Staff in 1939.
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Who was Ernest Squires?
British Army general
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Ernest Squires was born on 18 December 1882 in Pune.
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Ernest Squires died on 2 March 1940 in Melbourne.
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Ernest Squires was an engineer and military personnel.
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Ernest Squires was British.
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