Thomas Blamey/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Thomas Blamey.

(1884-1951) The only Australian Army soldier ever to rise to the rank of Field Marshal, with a distinguished World War I record, controversy between the wars as Chief Commissioner of Police in Victoria, returned to the military and built the forces to be used in WWII; even though senior Australian officer, overshadowed by Douglas MacArthur in effect on WWII Australian policy