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"Gertie" Tuker commanded 34 Indian Division when war broke out in the Pacific. Transferred to North Africa in 1942, he commanded Indian troops in North Africa and at the battle of Cassino in Italy. He was reposted to the Far East to take command of IV Indian Corps in July 1945, just as the war was winding down.
| 1894 |
Born |
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| 1933 |
Lieutenant colonel |
Executive officer, 1 Battalion, 2 Gurkha Rifles |
| 1934 |
Staff officer |
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| 1936 |
Acting commander, 1 Battalion, 2 Gurkha Rifles |
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| 1937 |
Colonel |
Commander, 1 Battalion, 2 Gurkha Rifles |
| 1939 |
Brigadier |
Staff officer |
| 1940 |
Deputy director, Military Training, Army Headquarters India |
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| 1939-12 |
Director, Military Training, Army Headquarters India |
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| 1941 |
Major general |
Commander, 34 Indian Division |
| 1942-1 |
Commander, 4 Indian Division, Mediterranean Theater |
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| 1944 |
Lieutenant general |
Chair, Frontier Commission, India |
| 1945-1 |
Commander, Ceylon Command |
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| 1945-7 |
Commander, IV Indian Corps | |
| 1945 |
Commander, Lucknow District |
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| 1946 |
Commander, Eastern Command, India |
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| 1948 |
Retires |
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| 1967 |
Dies |
References
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