Major Bernard Callinan
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Major Bernard Callinan was an Australian Army officer and engineer best known for leading commando operations during World War II, particularly in the Timor campaign against Japanese forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Major Bernard Callinan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4631750 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Major Bernard Callinan Context triple: [Battle of Timor (1942), notableCommander, Major Bernard Callinan]
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A.
Major William Mounsey
Major William Mounsey was a 19th-century British army officer and antiquarian known for his interest in ancient monuments and inscriptions.
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B.
Colonel Richard Cantwell
Colonel Richard Cantwell is the aging, war-scarred U.S. Army officer who serves as the reflective and melancholic protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "Across the River and Into the Trees."
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C.
Leslie Morshead
Leslie Morshead was an Australian general best known for commanding the defending forces during the World War II Siege of Tobruk.
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D.
Major-General Tom Rennie
Major-General Tom Rennie was a British Army officer who distinguished himself as a frontline divisional commander during key campaigns of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
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E.
Major Philip Kirby
Major Philip Kirby is the charming yet unsuspecting Army officer who becomes the romantic lead opposite Ginger Rogers’ disguised heroine in the classic 1942 screwball comedy film "The Major and the Minor."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Major Bernard Callinan Target entity description: Major Bernard Callinan was an Australian Army officer and engineer best known for leading commando operations during World War II, particularly in the Timor campaign against Japanese forces.
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A.
Major William Mounsey
Major William Mounsey was a 19th-century British army officer and antiquarian known for his interest in ancient monuments and inscriptions.
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B.
Colonel Richard Cantwell
Colonel Richard Cantwell is the aging, war-scarred U.S. Army officer who serves as the reflective and melancholic protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "Across the River and Into the Trees."
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C.
Leslie Morshead
Leslie Morshead was an Australian general best known for commanding the defending forces during the World War II Siege of Tobruk.
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D.
Major-General Tom Rennie
Major-General Tom Rennie was a British Army officer who distinguished himself as a frontline divisional commander during key campaigns of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
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E.
Major Philip Kirby
Major Philip Kirby is the charming yet unsuspecting Army officer who becomes the romantic lead opposite Ginger Rogers’ disguised heroine in the classic 1942 screwball comedy film "The Major and the Minor."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Army officer
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business executive ⓘ human ⓘ military engineer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
NERFINISHED
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Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Knight Bachelor ⓘ Military Cross ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
Timor campaign ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St Kevin's College, Melbourne
NERFINISHED
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University of Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Australian Army
NERFINISHED
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Gutteridge Haskins & Davey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Callinan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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military tactics ⓘ |
| genre | military memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Bernard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRank | officer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Australian Corps of Engineers
NERFINISHED
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Australian Independent Companies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | 2/2nd Independent Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
coordination with Portuguese and Timorese allies during WWII
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guerrilla warfare operations in Portuguese Timor ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading Australian commandos in Timor against Japanese forces ⓘ |
| notableWork |
book "Independent Company"
NERFINISHED
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commando operations in Timor during World War II ⓘ |
| occupation |
company director
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engineer ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Timor
NERFINISHED
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Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of Gutteridge Haskins & Davey
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deputy chancellor of the University of Melbourne ⓘ president of the Institute of Engineers Australia ⓘ |
| residence | Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Major Bernard Callinan Description of subject: Major Bernard Callinan was an Australian Army officer and engineer best known for leading commando operations during World War II, particularly in the Timor campaign against Japanese forces.
Referenced by (1)
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