John Monash
Australian general (1865-1931) · Australia · Died at 66
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Something wrong?General Sir John Monash was an Australian military commander of the First World War and a civil engineer. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the war and then, shortly after its outbreak, became commander of the 4th Brigade in Egypt, with which he took part in the Gallipoli campaign.
A life in dates
1931Died8 October 19311930Kernot Memorial MedalAward1929Peter Nicol Russell Memorial MedalAward1919Distinguished Service MedalAwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeAward1918Knight Commander of the Order of the BathAward1915Companion of the Order of the BathAward1865Born27 June 1865
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Monash aged 3, Melbourne, 1868
Monash as a teenager
Monash during the First World War
Colonel Monash's brigade headquarters at Anzac, Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915. Monash is third from the left, facing the camera.
Monash, sat in the centre of the front row, GOC 3rd Australian Division, and members of his divisional staff before embarking for France, November 1916.
The 3rd Machine Gun Battalion marching past at the review by Major General John Monash, GOC 3rd Australian Division, France, May 1918.
Monash in 1918Awards
About this person
Country
Australia
Type
Other
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1865 to 1931 · aged 66
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