Edward Puttick

Lieutenant General Sir Edward Puttick KCB, DSO amp Bar was an officer who served with the New Zealand Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. The first New Zealandborn soldier to reach the rank of lieutenant general, he was Chief of the General Staff of the New Zealand Military Forces from 1941 to 1945.

The son of a railway worker from London, Edward Puttick was born in Timaru, in South Canterbury. He was educated at Waitaki Boys High School, after which he joined the Roads Department, as it was then known, as a draughtsman. He joined the newly formed Territorial Force in 1911, serving as a second lieutenant in the 15th Regiment. The following year he moved to Wellington and was transferred to the 5th Regiment.

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