Halfdan Hertzberg

H.F.H. Hertzberg
Major General H.F.H. Hertzberg.
Birth nameHalfdan Fenton Harboe Hertzberg
Nickname(s)"Hertz"
"H. F. H."
Born(1884-09-03)3 September 1884
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died21 December 1959(1959-12-21) (aged 75)
Allegiance Canada
Service / branch Canadian Army
Years of service1903–1944
RankMajor General
UnitRoyal Canadian Engineers
CommandsRoyal Military College of Canada
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath[1]
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (4)
RelationsCharles Hertzberg (brother)

Major General Halfdan Fenton Harboe Hertzberg CB, CMG, DSO, MC, ADC (3 September 1884 – 21 December 1959) was a Canadian general and Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada during the Second World War.[2][3] He also served as Quartermaster General and Adjutant-General for the Canadian Army, narrowly missing the position of Chief of General Staff (CGS).[2]

Military career

Major-General A. C. MacDonell and staff officers, 1st Canadian Division, sometime in 1918. (Front row, from left to right): Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. R. Parsons, Brigadier-General H. C. Thacker, Major-General A. C. Macdonnell, Lieutenant-Colonel J. Sutherland Brown, Colonel H. P. Wright. (Back row, from left to right): Lieutenant-Colonel H. F. H. Hertzberg, Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel F. G. Scott, Lieutenant J. M. Macdonnell.

Hertzberg was a descendant of a well-known military family from Norway.[2] He was educated at Upper Canada College and St. Andrew's College, before getting an engineering degree at University of Toronto.[2][3]

He served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) on the Western Front during World War I, earning himself both the Military Cross (MC) and the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), as well as the rank of colonel.[2]

After the war, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[4] He remained in the army, and attended the British Army's Staff College.[2]

Family

Hertzberg's brother, Charles Hertzberg, was also a major general. They were the only two brothers to reach general officer rank at the same time in the Canadian Army.[2]

References

  1. ^ "No. 36867". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1944. p. 109.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Granatstein, J.L. (1993). The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World War. The University of Calgary Press. ISBN 9781552381762.
  3. ^ a b "Maj Gen H. F. H. Hertzberg, CB, CMG, DSO, MC SAC 1900–1904". St. Andrew's College. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ^ "No. 31370". The London Gazette. 30 May 1919. p. 6793.
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada
1940–1944 		Succeeded by