Charles Miles

Lieutenant General Charles George Norman Miles, CMG, DSO (10 November 1884 – 18 February 1958), commonly known as C.G.N. Miles, was a senior officer in the Australian Army during the Second World War. Miles was Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon from 1935 to 1939 and Adjutant General from 1939 to 1940, before succeeding Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee as General Officer Commanding Eastern Command in June 1940.[1][2][3]

Charles Miles
Lieutenant General C.G.N. Miles in 1941
Born(1884-11-10)10 November 1884
Brisbane, Queensland
Died18 February 1958(1958-02-18) (aged 73)
AllegianceAustralia
Service/branchAustralian Army
Years of service1904–1941
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldEastern Command (1940–41)
Royal Military College, Duntroon (1935–39)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (5)
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd Class with Swords (Russia)

References

  1. "Commander for 8th Division". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 June 1940. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. "The Australian Army". The West Australian. 19 December 1941. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. Bean, C.E.W. (1942). The Australian Imperial Force in France during the Allied Offensive, 1918. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918. Volume VI. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 338.
Military offices
Preceded by
Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee
General Officer Commanding Eastern Command
1940–1941
Succeeded by
Lieutenant General Henry Wynter
Preceded by
Colonel John Lavarack
Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon
1935–1939
Succeeded by
Brigadier Eric Plant
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