Thomas Blamey

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Australian Army officer field marshal general human

Thomas Blamey was an Australian general who became the country’s first and only field marshal and played a leading role in Allied operations in the Pacific during World War II.

Aliases (2)

Sir Thomas Blamey ×2
Thomas Albert Blamey ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian Army officer → field marshal → general → human →
alliedWith	Douglas MacArthur →
awardReceived	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order → Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George → Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France) → Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France) → Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath → Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire → Legion of Merit (United States) → Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) →
burialPlace	Fawkner Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia →
child	Charles Blamey →
conflict	Second Boer War → World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	Australia →
dateOfBirth	24 January 1884 →
dateOfDeath	27 May 1951 →
education	Wagga Wagga Superior Public School →
familyName	Blamey →
fullName	Thomas Albert Blamey →
givenName	Thomas →
middleName	Albert →
militaryBranch	Australian Army →
militaryRank	Field Marshal → General →
notableFor	being the first Australian-appointed field marshal → being the only Australian to hold the rank of field marshal →
occupation	police officer → public servant → soldier →
participatedIn	Allied operations in the Pacific during World War II → Borneo campaign (1945) → New Guinea campaign → Papua campaign →
placeOfBirth	Lake Albert, near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia →
placeOfDeath	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia →
positionHeld	Chief of the General Staff (Australia) → Commander of the Second Australian Imperial Force → Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area → Commander, I Australian Corps → Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces →
promotedToRank	Field Marshal on 8 June 1950 →
religion	Methodism →
residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia →
serviceNumber	Australian Imperial Force officer →
spouse	Minnie Millard → Olive May Harley →
workedAs	schoolteacher →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Division (Australia) → New Guinea campaign → South West Pacific Area →	notableCommander
Wagga Wagga Superior Public School →	attendedBy
Lake Albert, near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia ("Sir Thomas Blamey") →	birthplaceOf
Borneo campaign (1945) →	commandedBy
Operation Postern →	commander
Charles Blamey →	father
Thomas Blamey ("Thomas Albert Blamey") →	fullName
Royal Military College, Duntroon ("Sir Thomas Blamey") →	notableAlumni
Wagga Wagga Superior Public School →	notableStudent
Japanese Instrument of Surrender →	signedBy
Olive May Harley →	spouse
Finisterre Range campaign →	theatreCommanderAllied