Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Robert Edward Jackson, (1 January 1886 – 24 November 1948) was an Australian railway engineer and a senior officer in the

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during the

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