John Carl Murchie Explained

John Carl Murchie
Birth Date:7 June 1895
Birth Place:Edmundston, New Brunswick
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario
Allegiance:Canada
Branch:Canadian Army
Serviceyears:1912–1945
Rank:Lieutenant General
Unit:Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Commands:Chief of the General Staff
Battles:World War I
World War II
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Canadian Forces' Decoration

Lieutenant General John Carl Murchie (June 7, 1895 – March 5, 1966) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army from December 27, 1943, until August 21, 1945.

Military career

Murchie graduated with a Military Qualification certificate from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1915 during World War I. He served with the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, Canadian Army, in France from 1915 to 1917.

He remained in the army during the interwar period, where he attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1929 to 1930.[1] [2]

He also served in World War II and became a General Staff Officer at National Defence Headquarters in 1939.[3] In 1940 he became Director of Military Operations and in 1941 he was made Director of Military Training & Staff Duties.[3] Later that year he was appointed a Brigadier on the General Staff at Canadian Military Headquarters in England.[3] He then went on to be Vice Chief of the General Staff in 1942.[4] He served as Chief of the General Staff from 1944 until 1945,[5] and retired in 1946.[3]

He was awarded the CBE in the 1943 Birthday Honours list.

Further reading

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual Departmental Reports. 1929.
  2. Book: Granatstein, J. L. . The generals : the Canadian army's senior commanders in the Second World War . Stoddart . Toronto, Canada . 1995 . 0-7737-5728-7 . 28020047 . 16.
  3. http://generals.dk/general/Murchie/John_Carl/Canada.html John Carl Murchie at Generals.dk
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19431124&id=yPouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_dsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6307,4083094 12 Ottawa citizens among 112 decorated
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2610876 Record Honours List for Canada