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Thomas Blamey was born in Wagga-Wagga, Australia, on 24th January, 1884. Blamey worked as a school teacher before winning a commission in the Australian Corps in 1906. After a spell in India he was posted to England for service with the British Army. In July, 1914, Blamey was promoted to major and on the outbreak of the First World War he was ...
24 January 1884 - 27 May 1951. A formal portrait of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED. Thomas Albert Blamey was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, on 24 January 1884, the seventh of ten children of Richard Blamey, a Cornish butcher who had emigrated to Australia at age 16 and worked as a drover and overseer.
Blamey died on the 27 May 1951 as a result of his long illness. He was accorded a State Funeral and was cremated at Fawkner General cemetery. Postscript. Blamey is the subject of three biographies, two by John Hetherington. The first, Blamey: the biography of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, was published in 1954.
Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED* died on 27 May 1951. He was the only Australian ever appointed to the highest attainable military rank of Field Marshal. Crowds estimated at 300,000 lined the streets of Melbourne at his state funeral. To perpetuate his memory and achievements The Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey ...
1 de oct. de 1998 · Blamey: The Commander-in-Chief is a new biography of Sir Thomas Blamey, the only Australian soldier to reach the rank of Field Marshal. Blamey was Australia's greatest and most important soldier, and a major figure in Australian history, despite his not being Australia's most accomplished battlefield commander, or a great innovator or reformer.
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Blamey’s contribution to the Australian war effort is immeasurable. In 1950 the Governor General, Sir William McKell, recognised his achievement by promoting him to the military’s highest rank - field marshal. Sir Thomas Blamey remains the only Australian ever to have attained that rank.
