General Sir John Winthrop Hackett GCB, CBE, DSO and Bar, MC, (5 November 1910-10 September 1997) was an Australian-born British soldier and author. Wikipedia
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Historical documents, newspapers and source material relating to the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden, 17th-26th September 1944. Also material relating to the Battle of Crete, 20th May - 1st June 1941, Alan Bush, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sam www.nntk.net/arnhem_1944/john_hackett.html
The 33 year old Brigadier Hackett was Irish by blood, but born in Perth, Australia, the son of a wealthy newspaper proprietor. His Irish relations called him Shaun, but this was changed to Shan by his Liverpudlian nanny and the nickname stuck. Educated www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/john_hackett.htm
