Kenneth Eather

Kenneth William Eather
Major General K. W. Eather
Nickname(s)"Ken"
"28 days"
"February"
"Phar Lap"
Born(1901-07-06)6 July 1901
Sydney, New South Wales
Died9 May 1993(1993-05-09) (aged 91)
Mosman, New South Wales
AllegianceAustralia
Service / branchAustralian Army
Years of service1923–1946
RankMajor General
Service numberNX3
Commands11th Division (1945–46)
25th Infantry Brigade (1941–45)
16th Infantry Brigade (1941)
2/1st Infantry Battalion (1939–41)
3rd Infantry Battalion (1937–38)
56th Infantry Battalion (1935–37)
Battles / wars
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Efficiency Decoration
Mentioned in Despatches (2)
Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
Other workState President, New South Wales Primary Producers Association
Director, Water Research Foundation of Australia

Major General Kenneth William Eather, CB, CBE, DSO, ED (6 July 1901 – 9 May 1993) was a senior Australian Army officer who served during the Second World War. Eather led a battalion in the Battle of Bardia, a brigade on the Kokoda Track campaign and a division in the New Britain campaign. He was the last Australian officer to be promoted to the rank of major general during the Second World War, and when he died in 1993 he was Australia's last surviving general of that war.