# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernon-sturdee
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:29:53.796Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vernon-sturdee"
name: "Vernon Sturdee"
slug: "vernon-sturdee"
description: "Lieutenant General Sir Vernon Ashton Hobart Sturdee, was an Australian Army commander who served two terms as Chief of the General Staff. A regular officer of the Royal Australian Engineers who joined the Militia in 1908, he was one of the original Anzacs during the First World War, participating in the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. In the campaign that followed, he commanded the 5th Field Company, before going on to lead the 8th Field Company and the 4th Pioneer Battalion on the Western Front. In 1918 he was seconded to General Headquarters (GHQ) British Expeditionary Force as a staff officer."
tagline: "Former Australian Chief of the General Staff"
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gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1890-04-16"
deathDate: "1966-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump