William Garnett Braithwaite

William Garnett Braithwaite
Portrait of William Braithwaite, a lieutenant colonel at the time, circa 1911 to 1915
Born	(1870-10-21)21 October 1870 Kendal, Westmorland, England
Died	15 October 1937(1937-10-15) (aged 66) Camberley, Surrey, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom New Zealand
Service/branch	British Army (1891–11, 1918–25) New Zealand Military Forces (1911–17)
Years of service	1891–1925
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands held	3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade 2nd Infantry Brigade New Zealand Division (acting) 16th Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War Gallipoli Campaign Western Front
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in despatches (9 times)

Brigadier General William Garnett Braithwaite, CB, CMG, DSO (21 October 1870 – 15 October 1937) was a British Army officer who participated in the Boer War and the First World War.

Born in England in 1870, he joined the British Army in 1891. He served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Boer War, during which he received the Distinguished Service Order. After the war he was an instructor at the Royal Military College. In 1911, he went to New Zealand on secondment to help with the training and administration of the New Zealand Military Forces. Following the outbreak of the First World War, he served as a staff officer in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He commanded the New Zealand Division's 2nd Infantry Brigade for nearly two years on the Western Front and on occasion was acting commander of the division. In December 1917, he was medically evacuated to England. After a period of rest, he returned to military duty with the British Army, and ended the war in command of the 16th Infantry Brigade. He retired from the army in 1925 and died in 1937 at the age of 66.