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*[[wp:Venerable Order of St John|The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem]] - Knight of Justice (1992) | *[[wp:Venerable Order of St John|The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem]] - Knight of Justice (1992) | ||
*[[wp:1939-45 Star|1939-45 Star]] | *[[wp:1939-45 Star|1939-45 Star]] | ||
*[[wp: | *[[wp:Pacific Star|Pacific Star]] | ||
*[[wp:War Medal 1939–1945|War Medal 1939–1945]] | *[[wp:War Medal 1939–1945|War Medal 1939–1945]] | ||
*Palterma Medal | *Palterma Medal | ||
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| 6th Governor-General of Ibagli | |||||||||||||||||
| Term: | 21 November 1992–25 March 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Henry LeVeque | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor: | Annette Farquhar | ||||||||||||||||
| Born: | 15 October 1924: London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Died: | 14 April 2005: Haphonia | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse: | Jeanne Boulanger | ||||||||||||||||
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Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir William Barriter, OIM, GCVO, GCRI, DSO, OBE, ISO was the Governor-General of Ibagli from 1992 to 2005.
He was born in 1924 in London to Bernard and Josephine Barriter. The family moved to Ibagli in 1935, where William went to school at Exeter and Thistledowne. He joined the army in 1942, and saw action in the Pacific War. After the end of the war, he rose to the level of Lieutenant General, eventually becoming the vice-Chief of the Army.
In 1949, he married Jeanne Boulanger, a French-Canadian. They had 4 children.
In 1992, William was selected to be the 6th Governor-General of Ibagli. He held this office until 2005, when he left office shortly before his death.
Honours
- Order of Ibaglian Merit - Member (1992)
- Royal Victorian Order - Knight Grand Cross (1992)
- Royal Ibaglian Order - Knight Grand Companion (1992) (Companion (Military Division) in 1990)
- Distinguished Service Order (1944)
- Order of the British Empire (Military Division) - Officer (1943)
- Imperial Service Order (1992)
- The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem - Knight of Justice (1992)
- 1939-45 Star
- Pacific Star
- War Medal 1939–1945
- Palterma Medal
- Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
- Independence Medal
- Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
- Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
- Hussein ibn Ali Sash (Jordan) (1993)
- Chain of Mubarak the Great (Kuwait) (1993)
- Order of the Chrysanthemum(Japan) - Grand Cordon (1995)
- Order of St. George (Russia) - First Class (1996)
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| Preceded by: Henry LeVeque |
Governor-General of Ibagli 1992–2005 |
Succeeded by: Annette Farquhar | ||||||||
