Lieutenant General John Northcott

Service number	VX63396
Ranks Held	Lieutenant General, Captain, Lieutenant Adjutant, Major General
Birth Date	1890-03-24
Birth Place	Australia: Victoria, Creswick
Death Date	1966-08-04
Death Place	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Wahroonga
Final Rank	Lieutenant General
Service	Australian Army
Unit	12th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Wahroonga Creswick
Conflicts/Operations	British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan) First World War, 1914-1918 Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995 Published in London Gazette in 1941-01-01

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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945
First World War Nominal Roll:

Unit

12th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Captain
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Adjutant
Honours and Awards:

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank

Major General

London Gazette

01 January 1941 on page 3 at position 1

Timeline

Date of birth	24 March 1890
Date of enlistment	24 August 1914
Date of embarkation	20 October 1914
Date returned to Australia	25 November 1915
Date of death	04 August 1966

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