Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead

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Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead was a distinguished Australian Army officer best known for his leadership of Australian forces in key campaigns of the Second World War, including the defense of Tobruk and operations in the Middle East and Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Army officer
human
allegiance Australia NERFINISHED
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 NERFINISHED
Distinguished Service Order
Efficiency Decoration NERFINISHED
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED
Military Cross
birthPlace Ballarat, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED
commanded 9th Division (Australia) NERFINISHED
Australian forces at Tobruk garrison
II Corps (Australia) NERFINISHED
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War

World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship Australia
deathPlace Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED
educatedAt Teachers College Sydney NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Australian of English descent
familyName Morshead NERFINISHED
givenName Leslie NERFINISHED
hasPartIn New Guinea campaign NERFINISHED
Second Battle of El Alamein NERFINISHED
Siege of Tobruk NERFINISHED
Syria–Lebanon campaign NERFINISHED
Western Desert campaign NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
memberOf Australian Imperial Force in the First World War NERFINISHED
Second Australian Imperial Force NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Australian Army NERFINISHED
militaryRank Lieutenant General
notableFor leadership of Australian forces in North Africa
leadership of Australian forces in the Pacific
notableWork Middle East campaigns in the Second World War NERFINISHED
Pacific campaigns in the Second World War NERFINISHED
defence of Tobruk NERFINISHED
occupation businessman
soldier
teacher
positionHeld commander of Australian forces at Tobruk
commander of the 9th Australian Division
senior commander in the Second Australian Imperial Force
residence Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED
serviceNumber Australian Imperial Force officer
sexOrGender male

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Australian I Corps notableCommander Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead
26th Brigade operatedUnderCommandOf Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead