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Leslie Morshead

Australian soldier with a distinguished career in both world wars (1889-1959)

  • Fame50.2
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Lived 1889–1959, aged 70Australia
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  • Era
    1889–1959
    Aged 70
  • Awards
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    recognised works
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Updated 2026-08-19

Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose military career spanned both world wars. During the Second World War, he led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein, achieving decisive victories over Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps. His soldiers nicknamed him "Ming the Merciless", later simply "Ming", after the villain in the Flash Gordon comics.

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