Lieutenant General Bernard Cyril Freyberg 1st Baron Freyberg VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO & Three Bars KStJ (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a British-born New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient and soldier who later served as the seventh Governor-General of New Zealand.A veteran of the Mexican Revolution he became an officer in the British Army during the First World War.
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active years end date
1952-08-15
active years start date
1946-06-17
award
Legion of Merit, Order of the Bath, Mentioned in dispatches, Order of George I, War Cross (Greece), Cross of Valour (Greece), Victoria Cross, Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Order of St Michael and St George, Venerable Order of Saint John, Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)
battle
World War II, World War I
birth date
1889-03-21
birth place
United Kingdom, Richmond London
country
United Kingdom, New Zealand
death date
1963-07-04
death place
United Kingdom, Windsor Berkshire
military command
X Corps, 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand 2nd Division
