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Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, CStJ, ED (24 January 1884 – 27 May 1951) was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars. He is the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.
Marechal de campo Thomas Albert Blamey (24 de janeiro de 1884 - 27 de maio de 1951) foi um general australiano da Primeira e Segunda Guerras Mundiais, e o único australiano a atingir o posto de marechal de campo.
Sir Thomas Albert Blamey (1884-1951), army officer and commissioner of police, was born on 24 January 1884 at Lake Albert, near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, seventh child of Richard Henwood Blamey, butcher, and his native-born wife Margaret Louisa, née Murray.
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4 de mar. de 2015 · Thomas Blamey, born near Wagga Wagga on 24 January 1884, became the first Australian army officer to reach the rank of field marshal. Originally a teacher, Blamey received a commission in the Commonwealth Cadet Forces in 1906 and was posted to Melbourne.
- 1884-01-24
- 1951-05-27
- Australia: New South Wales, Wagga Wagga
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On 27 May 2001, the square was renamed Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey Square. The baton of the nation's only field marshal is on display in the War Memorial. "I have always felt", wrote MacArthur in 1954, "that his services in the Second World War were not sufficiently recognized.
26 de mai. de 2022 · Sir Thomas Blamey, the first and only Australian soldier to be appointed a Field Marshal, died in Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital yesterday morning.
Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED* died on 27 May 1951. He was the only Australian ever appointed to the highest attainable military rank of Field Marshal. Crowds estimated at 300,000 lined the streets of Melbourne at his state funeral.
