Halfdan Hertzberg

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] Hertzberg was a descendant of a well-known military family from Norway.

[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.

They were the only two brothers to reach general officer rank at the same time in the Canadian Army.

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 .