I Corps (Australia)
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I Corps was an Australian Army corps, one of three that were raised by the Army during World War II. It was the main Australian operational corps for much of the war. Various Australian and other Alli
Australian troops among the ruins of the old Crusader castle at Sidon, Lebanon, July 1941
Australian troops enter Bardia, January 1941
Australian anti-tank gunners resting, soon after their withdrawal from the Vevi area, during the fighting in Greece, April 1941
Troops from the 7th Infantry Division disembarking in Adelaide, March 1942
Thomas Blamey
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Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars. He is the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.
I Corps (Australia)
…of I Corps was gazetted, and by the middle of the month the headquarters' strength was reported as 12 officers and 45 other ranks. Lieutenant General Thomas Blamey was appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC). In late May 1940, approval was provided for the 2nd AIF to raise a third division – the 8th – although…
Formal portrait, c. 1942
Group portrait of 1st Division staff officers at Mena Camp, December 1914. Blamey, then a major, is in the front row, second from the right.
1st Division Headquarters at Anzac, 3 May 1915. Blamey is in the right foreground with his back to the camera. The position was exposed to shrapnel fire and Major John Gellibrand was wounded there.
Blamey in Belgium, March 1919