Lieutenant-General Sir George Macaulay Kirkpatrick KCB KCSI 1866-1950

A Canadian-born British Army Royal Engineer, he served on Kitchener's headquarters staff in the Boer War, then the Indian Army.

In 1910 he was seconded on exchange to the Commonwealth Military Forces, appointed temporary major general, as Inspector General of the Commonwealth Military Forces, reporting annually to parliament on the state of the forces and recommending remedial action.

He served in this position until 1914 when replaced by Maj Gen W.T. Bridges, electing to retire in Australia, and becoming the honorary colonel first of 60th (Princes Hill) Infantry Battalion, then in 1921 its successor 6 Inf Bn.