Sir Edmund Francis Herring, KCMG, KBE, DSO, MC, QC (born September 2, 1892 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, † January 5, 1982 in Melbourne) was an Australian lieutenant general and politician. Biography Herring served as a soldier in the British Army in the First World War and it was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the [...]
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Sidney Cotton
November 9th, 2012 admin Frederick Sidney Cotton OBE is an inventor, aviator and an Australian photographer. He was the promoter of the first processes of color photography and took a leading part in the development of aerial photographic reconnaissance before and during World War II. Personal friend of George Eastman, Ian Fleming and Winston Churchill, he was also one [...]
Thomas Blamey
August 14th, 2012 admin This article is about a Australian general during World War II. He participated in Battle of Greece, Battle of Crete, Syria-Lebanon Campaign and so on. Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, (born January 24, 1884, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, † May 27, 1951, Heidelberg, Victoria) was an Australian officer of the [...]
John Augustine Collins
August 3rd, 2012 admin This article is about an Australian officer during World War II. He participated in Battle of the Mediterranean, Bougainville Campaign, Battle of Cape Gloucester and so on. John Augustine Collins (born on January 7,1899 inDeloraine to Westbury (Tasmania),Australia, died on 3 September1989 inAustralia) was a senior Australian naval officer in World War II. 1948-1955 he [...]
John Lavarack
June 23rd, 2012 admin This article is about an Australian soldier in World War II. Sir John Dudley Lavarack KCMG KCVO KBE CB DSO (born on 19 December 1885 in Kangaroo Point, Queensland, to December 4, 1957 in Buderim) was an Australian officer and Governor of Queensland, the first who was also born in the Australian Konitinent. Life Lavarack [...]
Leslie Morshead
August 2nd, 2011 admin This article is about an Australian officer in the Desert War of North African Campaign during World War II. Leslie James Morshead KCB, KBE, CMG (born on 18 September, 1889 in Ballarat, died on 26 September,1959 in Sydney) was an Lieutenant General of Australian army, a member of both world wars. He was best known as [...]
Iven Mackay
July 24th, 2011 admin This article is about an Australian General in the World War II. He participated in Battle of Greece, Operation Compass and so on. Sir Iven Giffard Mackay was an Australian General and physicist, (7 April, 1882, Grafton, New South Wales, Australia- 30 September, 1966. After graduating in physics at the University of Sydney in 1904, [...]
