Walter Cawthorn

Sir Walter Joseph Cawthorn
Sir Walter Joseph Cawthorn
Nickname(s)	Bill
Born	11 June 1896; Prahran, Victoria
Died	4 December 1970 (aged 74); Melbourne, Victoria
Allegiance	Australia (1915–18); United Kingdom (1918–51)
Service/branch	Australian Army; British Indian Army; Pakistan Army
Years of service	1915–51
Rank	Major General
Service number	342240
Battles/wars	First World War Gallipoli Campaign; Western Front; ; North-West Frontier; Second World War South-East Asian theatre; ;
Awards	Knight Bachelor; Companion of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire; Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Sir Walter Joseph Cawthorn, CB, CIE, CBE (11 June 1896 – 4 December 1970) was an Australian soldier and diplomat, commonly known as a former head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS).^[1]^[2]

^ Hohnen, Peter (1993). "Cawthorn, Sir Walter Joseph (1896–1970)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 13. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0522845126.
^ Goodgame, Peter (2 August 2002). "The British, the Middle East and Radical Islam". The Globalists and the Islamists: Fomenting the "Clash of Civilizations" for a New World Order. Omnia Veritas. ISBN 9781910220122.