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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name= Ernest Ker Squires<br />
|image= Ernest Squires (cropped).jpg<br />
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|birth_date= 18 December 1882<br />
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1940|03|02|1882|12|18|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Pune|Poona]], India<br />
|death_place= [[Melbourne]], Australia<br />
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|allegiance= United Kingdom<br/>Australia<br />
|branch= [[British Army]]<br/>[[Australian Army]]<br />
|serviceyears= 1903–1940<br />
|rank= [[Lieutenant general (Australia)|Lieutenant General]] <br />
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|commands= [[Chief of Army (Australia)|Chief of the General Staff]]<br />
|battles= [[First World War]]<br/>[[Third Anglo-Afghan War]]<br/>[[Second World War]]<br />
|awards= [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br/>[[Military Cross]]<br/>[[Mentioned in Despatches]] (6)<br />
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[[Lieutenant general (Australia)|Lieutenant General]] '''Ernest Ker Squires''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CB|DSO|MC}} (18 December 1882 – 2 March 1940) was a senior officer in the [[Australian Army]] who served as [[Chief of Army (Australia)|Chief of the General Staff]] (1939–1940).<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]] and the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], Squires was [[Commissioned Officer|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Engineers]] in 1903.<ref name=bio>{{cite book |author=Lodge, A. B. |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120050b.htm |title=Squires, Ernest Ker (1882–1940) |work=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] |volume=Vol. 12 |publisher=Melbourne University Press |year=1990 |pages=41–42 }}</ref> He transferred to the [[Bombay Engineer Group|3rd Sappers and Miners]] in India in 1905.<ref name=bio/> In 1912 he married Ethel Elsie Risley.<ref name=bio/><br />
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He served in the [[First World War]] and was wounded at [[Givenchy-en-Gohelle|Givenchy]] in 1914 and at [[Ypres]] in 1915.<ref name=bio/> Later that year he saw action again – this time in [[Mesopotamia]].<ref name=bio/> In 1932 he was made [[brigadier]] on the General Staff of [[Southern Command (United Kingdom)|Southern Command]].<ref>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Squires/Ernest_Ker/Great_Britain.html Ernest Squires] Generals.dk</ref><br />
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He became Director of Staff Duties at the [[War Office]] in 1939, Inspector General of the [[Australian Army]] in 1938,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2475345?searchTerm= Inspector General selected] Canberra Times, 19 May 1938</ref> and [[Chief of Army (Australia)|Chief of the General Staff]] in 1939.<ref name=bio/> His health failed him and he died early the following year.<ref name=bio/><br />
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