Sir John Monash

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Australian Army officer civil engineer human military commander public administrator university chancellor

Sir John Monash was a renowned Australian civil engineer and military commander who led the Australian Corps with innovative tactics during World War I and later became a prominent public administrator.

Aliases (1)

John Monash ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian Army officer → civil engineer → human → military commander → public administrator → university chancellor →
allegiance	Australia → British Empire →
awardReceived	Croix de guerre (France) → Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour → Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath →
burialPlace	Brighton General Cemetery, Melbourne →
causeOfDeath	heart disease →
child	Bertha Monash →
commanded	Australian Corps →
commemoratedBy	City of Monash, Victoria → Monash University → Sir John Monash Centre, Villers-Bretonneux, France →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	Australia → British Empire →
dateOfBirth	1865-06-27 →
dateOfDeath	1931-10-08 →
education	University of Melbourne →
ethnicGroup	Jewish →
fieldOfStudy	civil engineering → law →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
knownFor	innovative combined-arms tactics in World War I → leadership of the Australian Corps on the Western Front →
languageSpoken	English → German →
militaryBranch	Australian Army →
militaryRank	General →
name	John Monash →
notableBattle	Battle of Amiens (1918) → Battle of Hamel → Hundred Days Offensive →
occupation	civil engineer → public servant → soldier →
placeOfBirth	West Melbourne, Colony of Victoria →
placeOfDeath	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia →
positionHeld	Chairman of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria → President of the Zionist Federation of Australia → Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne →
religion	Judaism →
residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia →
spouse	Hannah Victoria Moss →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sir John Monash ("John Monash") →	name
Monash University →	namedAfter
Royal Military College, Duntroon →	notableAlumni