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General Sir John Monash was an Australian military commander of the First World War and a civil engineer. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the war and then, shortly after its outbreak, became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt, with which he took part in the Gallipoli campaign.
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Born 27 June 1865 · Died 8 October 1931 · Q2731333
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ABC News rated the claim “"It is true that posthumously promoting Monash to field marshal in this centenary year would be a break with normal protocol." "But there are powerful precedents for such a decision."” Yes, but more to it.
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heraldsun.com.au: Inside the Sir John Monash Centre at Villers-Bretonneux
The Australian Financial Review: Sir John Monash Centre brings attention back to Australia's great commander
Sydney Morning Herald: Did an Aussie general John Monash actually win the decisive battle of the Western front, not the British who've hogged all the glory?
Died 1931-10-08.
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Won Kernot Memorial Medal (1930).
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Won Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1929).
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Became president of the newly founded Zionist Federation of Australia and New Zealand
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Was called upon by the Victorian Government of Harry Lawson to organise "special constables" to restore order during the 1923 Victorian Police strike
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1919).
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Won Distinguished Service Medal (1919).
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Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1918).
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Awarded Companion of the Order of the Bath (1915).
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Joined with the builder David Mitchell and industrial chemist John Gibson to form the Reinforced Concrete & Monier Pipe Construction Co, and in 1906 with them and businessmen from South Australia, to form the S
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And in April 1897 was promoted to major and given command of the battery
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And he became a lieutenant in the North Melbourne battery on 5 April 1887
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The family moved to the small town of Jerilderie, in the Riverina region of New South Wales, where his father ran a store
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Bertha received a large inheritance from her mother, with which she purchased two houses, a large one in Yarra Street, Hawthorn, and a smaller one in Clifton Street, Richmond
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Born 1865-06-27.
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