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.

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Label	Occurrences
Thomas Blamey canonical	18
Sir Thomas Blamey	3
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 ⓘ Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ surface form: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Croix de Guerre ⓘ surface form: Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France) Croix de Guerre ⓘ surface form: Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France) Knight or Dame Commander ⓘ surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight or Dame Commander ⓘ surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Order of the Bath ⓘ surface form: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Order of the British Empire ⓘ surface form: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Legion of Merit ⓘ surface form: Legion of Merit (United States) Order of Orange-Nassau ⓘ surface form: 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 Blamey self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ New Guinea campaign ⓘ surface form: Papua campaign
placeOfBirth	Lake Albert, near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Melbourne ⓘ surface form: 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	Methodist churches ⓘ surface form: Methodism
residence	Melbourne ⓘ surface form: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
serviceNumber	Australian Imperial Force officer ⓘ
spouse	Minnie Millard ⓘ Olive May Harley ⓘ
workedAs	schoolteacher ⓘ

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Japanese Instrument of Surrender → signedBy → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

South West Pacific Area → notableCommander → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Royal Military College, Duntroon → notableAlumni → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Blamey

Thomas Blamey → fullName → Thomas Blamey self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thomas Albert Blamey

New Guinea campaign → notableCommander → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Borneo campaign (1945) → commandedBy → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Operation Postern → commander → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Charles Blamey → father → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Lake Albert, near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia → birthplaceOf → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Blamey

Wagga Wagga Superior Public School → notableStudent → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Wagga Wagga Superior Public School → attendedBy → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

1st Division (Australia) → notableCommander → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Olive May Harley → spouse → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Finisterre Range campaign → theatreCommanderAllied → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Minnie Millard → spouse → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Battle of Buna–Gona → commander → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Salamaua–Lae campaign → commander → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Allied governments in the Pacific → keyMilitaryCommander → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Huon Peninsula campaign → commandedBy → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Second Australian Imperial Force → notableCommander → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

Thomas → name → Thomas Blamey ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Blamey

this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Blamey

Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces → notableOfficeHolder → Thomas Blamey ⓘ