# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sydney-rowell
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:30:24.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sydney-rowell"
name: "Sydney Rowell"
slug: "sydney-rowell"
description: "Lieutenant General Sir Sydney Fairbairn Rowell, was an Australian soldier who served as Chief of the General Staff from 17 April 1950 to 15 December 1954. As Vice Chief of the General Staff from 8 January 1946 to 16 April 1950, he played a key role in the post-Second World War reorganisation of the Army, and in the 1949 Australian coal strike. However, he is best known as the commander who was dismissed in the Kokoda Track campaign."
tagline: "Australian general (1894–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen_Rowell_Port_Moresby_1942.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1894-12-15"
deathDate: "1975-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.99
  momentum:             6.480263157894737
  historical:           8.551369333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "سيدنى رويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Rowell"
    title: "Sydney Rowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Rowell"
    title: "Sydney Rowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سیدنی روول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sydney Rowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Rowell"
    title: "Sydney Rowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Rowell"
    title: "Sydney Rowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Ровелл, Сидни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Fairbairn_Rowell"
    title: "Sydney Fairbairn Rowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump