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2 Canadian Infantry Division
Criteria [1] Branch [2] Directorate [3] Role [4]

Command Appointments - Main - General Officer Commanding

From To Rank Name Acting
20-May-1940 05-Dec-1942 Major-General VW Odlum
07-Nov-1941 05-Apr-1942 Brigadier JH Roberts Acting Commander during this period. On 23 December 1941, HDG Crerar was appointed to command the Division, but on the same day he was appointed to "temporarily" command I Canadian Corps (formerly VII Corps).
06-Apr-1942 13-Apr-1943 Major-General JH Roberts
13-Apr-1943 28-Apr-1943 Major-General GG Simonds
13-Apr-1943 05-May-1943 Brigadier GV Whitehead *
29-Apr-1943 06-May-1943 Brigadier ELM Burns *
06-May-1943 10-Jan-1944 Major-General ELM Burns
11-Jan-1944 09-Nov-1944 Major-General C Foulkes
10-Nov-1944 31-Aug-1945 Major-General AB Matthews
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