Lieutenant General Sir William Bridgeford, was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He began his military career in 1913 and fought on the Western Front during the First World War, before rising to command the 3rd Infantry Division during the Bougainville campaign in the Second World War.
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The Military Board in 1947, with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Bridgeford is stood in the back on the left.
General James Van Fleet, commanding the U.S. Eighth Army (right), saluting the parade on the occasion of the bestowing of the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation on members of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. Lieutenant General W. Bridgeford (left) salutes in the background.Awards 4
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Lieutenant General Sir William Bridgeford, was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He began his military career in 1913 and fought on the Western Front during the First World War, before rising to command the 3rd Infantry Division during the Bougainville campaign in the Second World War. Later he served as the Commander in Chief of British Commonwealth Forces Korea during the Korean War. He retired from the military in 1953 and worked on the organising committee of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, as well as being the director of several companies and treasurer of a returned services organisation.
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