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    Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED (18 September 1889 – 26 September 1959) was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman...
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    General Erwin Rommel. The garrison, commanded by Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead, included the 9th Australian Division (20th, 24th, and 26th Brigades)...
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    notable commanders, including Sydney Rowell, Sir Edmund Herring and Sir Leslie Morshead. General Sir Thomas Blamey also commanded the force in 1942 while based...
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    were conducted by the Australian I Corps, under Lieutenant-General Leslie Morshead, against Imperial Japanese forces who had been occupying the island...
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  • Anderson Morshead (c. 1774–1831), Irish British Army officer Henry Morshead (1882–1931), English surveyor, explorer and mountaineer Leslie Morshead (1889–1959)...
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    1941 Wynter became ill and was replaced as divisional commander by Leslie Morshead. By February 1941, 9th Division headquarters had been relocated to...
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    mostly of the 9th Australian Division, commanded by Lieutenant-General Leslie Morshead, was besieged in the North African port of Tobruk by German and Italian...
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    commands then went to two CMF soldiers, Major Generals Gordon Bennett and Leslie Morshead. The Second AIF's main strength consisted of a Corps Headquarters and...
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    agreed to act as caretakers. Australian forces of I Corps under general Leslie Morshead had landed in Borneo in May 1945, to destroy the Imperial Japanese...
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    Captain Leslie Morshead in a trench at Lone Pine after the battle, looking at Australian and Ottoman dead on the parapet...
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    Japanese, such as Keightley and suggested that Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead, an Australian who had been carrying out the New Guinea and Borneo...
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  • were charged with the defence of Tobruk under the command of General Leslie Morshead. Hoping to survive against overwhelming odds for two months, the garrison...
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    he joined a group from the 2nd Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Leslie Morshead. Lalor was killed soon afterwards. The left flank of Baby 700 was now...
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  • officeholders in the movement) included Archibald Gilchrist, Bill McCann, and Leslie Morshead. Five ships travelled from England to Australia during the Big Brother...
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    1 May and 21 July, the Australian I Corps, under Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead, attacked Japanese forces occupying the island. Allied naval and air...
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  • Allied Land Headquarters (1942–44), Eastern Command (1941–42) Sir Leslie Morshead 1942 I Corps (1944–45), Second Army (1944), New Guinea Force (1944)...
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    000 Commonwealth troops, commanded by Australian Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead. Hoping to catch the defenders off-guard, Rommel launched a failed...
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    component. For brigade commanders he chose Brigadiers Arthur Allen, Leslie Morshead and Stanley Savige. He selected Brigadier Edmund Herring to command...
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    forces gained the ascendency. By October 1944, Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead had assumed command of the corps. Finally, it was decided that the...
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    attempted to take the port but the 9th Australian Division under General Leslie Morshead, resolutely defended the port. The Italians were slow to provide blueprints...
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    assaults between 1 May and 21 July, the Australian I Corps, under General Leslie Morshead, attacked Japanese forces occupying the island. Allied naval and air...
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    1 May and 21 July, the Australian I Corps, under Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead, attacked Japanese forces occupying the island. Allied naval and air...
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    Imperial Force (2nd AIF) to be formed. Initially commanded by Brigadier Leslie Morshead, it served in the United Kingdom in 1940–1941, where it helped bolster...
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  • Australian bomber pilot attached to the RAF "Ming the Merciless" – Leslie Morshead, Second World War Australian general, also in First World War "Mokka"...
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  • Anderson Morshead, and they had issue: Henrietta Anderson Morshead Leslie, 17th Countess of Rothes (1832–1886) George William Evelyn Leslie, 16th Earl...
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  • around 14,000 Australian soldiers, commanded by Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead was besieged in Tobruk, Libya by the German-Italian army of General...
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    Douglas MacArthur Ground Forces Australian I Corps (Lieutenant-Gen Leslie Morshead) Australian 7th Division (Major-Gen Edward Milford) Australian 9th...
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  • fighting the Japanese, and instead proposed Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead for the command. The details of the corps' deployment were still being...
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    (Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese) Australian 9th Division (Major-General Leslie Morshead) British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (Major-General Douglas Wimberley)...
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    manpower shortages. Notable commanding officers during this time included Leslie Morshead and Arthur Allen, who would both go on to hold positions of higher...
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