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  • John Cantwell (general)

    Australian Army officer

    Major GeneralJohn Patrick Cantwell, AO, DSC (born 9 October 1956) is a retired senior Australian Army officer.

    Early life

    Cantwell was born in Ipswich, Queensland, on 9 October 1956 to Cecily Mary (née McInnerney) and Daniel Cantwell.[1] He was one of eight children, five of whom went on to serve in the Australian Army.[2] Growing up in Toowoomba, Cantwell was educated at Downlands College and St.

    Mary's College.[1]

    Military career

    Cantwell was a member of the Australian Army Cadets prior to joining the Australian Army in 1974 as a regular soldier with the rank of private. He attended officer training at Officer Cadet School, Portsea in 1981, and was commissioned into the Royal Australian Armoured Corps.[3] As a major, Cantwell commanded A Squadron, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, a British tank squadron as an exchange officer with the British Army in Germany.

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