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Biography: Thornton, Leonard Whitmore

Lieutenant-General Sir Leonard Thornton

Lieutenant-General Sir Leonard Thornton

Lieutenant-General Sir Leonard Thornton during his tenure as chief of the general staff.

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Chris Pugsley. 'Thornton, Leonard Whitmore', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47436/lieutenant-general-sir-leonard-thornton (accessed 4 June 2026).