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Name	Lawrence George Canet
Born	1 December, 1910 Tallygaroopna, Victoria, Australia
Died	8 March, 1996 (aged 85) Benowa, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (bowel)
Education *	Shepparton High School (Vic) (student, 1924-1926) Royal Military College (ACT) (cadet, 1928-1931) University of Sydney (student, 1932-1934) School of Land–Air Warfare (Wiltshire, UK) (student, 1949) Imperial Defence College (London) (student, 1954)
Occupation or Descriptor *	army officer (1931-1966) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (army officer, 1940-1945) Indonesian Confrontation (army officer) Malayan emergency, 1950-60 (army officer) Australian Staff Corps (army officer, 1931) Royal Australian Engineers (army officer, 1931) 7th Division (army officer, 1940-1943) School of Land/Air Warfare (Australia) (assistant command, 1948) Commonwealth Military Board (military member, 1957-1960) Southern Command (general officer, 1960-1964) Commonwealth Military Board (military member, 1964-1965)
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1943) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1956) Companion of the Order of the Bath (recipient, 1964)

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