Walter Coxen

Walter Coxen

Major General Walter Adams Coxen CB, CMG, DSO (22 June 1870 – 15 December 1949) was an Australian Army Major General in World War I. In April 1930 Coxen was promoted to the position of Chief of General Staff. He retired in 1931.

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