# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-mckinnon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:46:54.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-mckinnon"
name: "Walter McKinnon"
slug: "walter-mckinnon"
description: "Major General Walter Sneddon McKinnon, was an officer in the New Zealand Army. He joined the military in 1935 and served in the Second World War with various artillery units of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. After the war he held a series of senior positions in the army, culminating with a term as Chief of the General Staff from 1965 to 1967. In his retirement, he was Chairman of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation."
tagline: "New Zealand general (1910-1998)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1910-07-08"
deathDate: "1998-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.06
  momentum:             2.033898305084746
  historical:           3.069222666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  33
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "والتر مكينون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "والتر مكينون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_McKinnon"
    title: "Walter McKinnon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17403881"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations