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.
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
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Field marshal is the highest rank of the Australian Army, and is currently held by Charles III, King of Australia. The rank was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of field mar
Thomas Blamey
…Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey (24 January 1884 – 27 May 1951) was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars. He is the only Australian to…
Charles III, King of Australia, is the only current Field Marshal of the Australian Army, appointed in 2024.
Australia's first appointed field marshal (honorary), the then Lieutenant General Sir William Birdwood, photographed near Hill 60, Gallipoli. Photograph by C.E.W. Bean, October 1915.
Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey – Relief from Blamey Square, Canberra.