John Winthrop Hackett Junior

General Sir John Winthrop Hackett GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (5 November 1910–9 September 1997) was an Australian-born British soldier, author and university administrator. Hackett, who was nicknamed "Shan", was born in Perth, Western Australia. His Irish Australian father, Sir John Hackett (1848-1916), originally from Tipperary, was a newspaper man and politician, and his mother was Deborah Drake-Brockman (also known as Lady Deborah Hackett, Lady D... more

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  • Nov 5, 1910

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  • Sep 9, 1997 (age 86 years)

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