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    Major General Kenneth William Eather, CB, CBE, DSO, ED (6 July 1901 – 9 May 1993) was a senior Australian Army officer who served during the Second World...
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  • Eather may refer to: Alice Eather (1988/89–2017), Australian poet Edgar Eather (1886–1968), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada Kenneth Eather (1901–1993)...
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    Ioribaiwa from 13 to 16 September, the 25th Brigade under Brigadier Kenneth Eather fought the Japanese to a halt but ceded the field to the Japanese, withdrawing...
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    a standstill. In the aftermath, the Australian commander, Brigadier Kenneth Eather, perceiving that the attack could not be held any further and that Ioribaiwa...
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    1016/0040-1951(89)90121-2. Semmler, Clement, ed. (1987). The war dispatches of Kenneth Slessor, official Australian correspondent, 1940–1944 (1. publ. ed.). St...
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    conditions to develop to allow a renewed assault on Port Moresby. Brigadier Kenneth Eather, commanding the Australian 25th Brigade, ordered patrols toward Ioribaiwa...
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    next day, 3 July, the 25th Brigade, under the command of Brigadier Kenneth Eather, relieved the 18th; while the 18th secured Balikpapan town and its harbour...
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  • to the Battle of Ioribaiwa. Maroubra Force then passed to Brigadier Kenneth Eather, commander of the 25th Brigade, for the fighting around Ioribaiwa and...
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    of World War II. Its first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Eather, a former Militia officer. The colours chosen for the battalion's unit...
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    Finally, on 2 November Kokoda was secured by the troops from Brigadier Kenneth Eather's 25th Brigade. The recapture of Kokoda provided the Allies with a forward...
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    (1939–1940) Lieutenant Colonel George Wootten (1940) Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Eather (1941) Brigadier Allan Boase (1941–1942) Brigadier John Edward Lloyd...
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    AIF, was not promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel until 1937, Kenneth Eather, a reservist who was too young to serve in World War I, was commissioned...
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    Horace Robertson took over command from Ramsay, while Major General Kenneth Eather assumed control in early August. Rabaul was secured by the 29th/46th...
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    After Lae was liberated from Japanese occupation, 7th Division's Brigadier Eather set off by jeep to replace the Japanese flag on Mount Lunamen with the Australian...
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  • Durrant". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 27 July 2023. Eather, Steve (2021). "Eather, Kenneth William (1901–1993)". Australian Dictionary of Biography...
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  • Battalion 2/16th Battalion 2/27th Battalion 25th Brigade – Brigadier Kenneth Eather 2/25th Battalion 2/31st Battalion 2/33rd Battalion 30th Brigade – Brigadier...
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    the 2/1st Infantry Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Eather, came under Italian mortar and artillery fire. The lead platoons advanced...
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    Castlemaine escorted Sea Witch and Taroona to Port Moresby. General Kenneth Eather, GOC Australian 11th Division, accepted the surrender of Japanese forces...
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    Horace Robertson Preceded by Major General Allan Boase General Officer Commanding 11th Division April – July 1945 Succeeded by Major General Kenneth Eather...
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    Of these places, 159 were allocated to the Army, and Major General Kenneth Eather was appointed the contingent's commanding officer. Volunteers were called...
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    September command of the forward areas was taken over by Brigadier Kenneth Eather. Heavy fighting continued around Ioribaiwa for the following week, before...
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    World War Syria–Lebanon campaign New Guinea campaign Borneo campaign Commanders Notable commanders Kenneth Eather Insignia Headquarters unit colour patch...
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  • Allen Major-General Allan Boase Major-General Alan Ramsay Major-General Kenneth Eather Military history of Australia portal List of Australian divisions in...
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    inspecting Japanese strong point with the commander of the 25th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier Kenneth Eather (right), during Operation Oboe Two, 4 July 1945...
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    September, troops from the Australian 25th Brigade, under Brigadier Kenneth Eather, later reinforced by Brigader John Lloyd's 16th Brigade, both under...
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    and George Wootten and Brigadiers Frederick Chilton, Ivan Dougherty, Kenneth Eather, John O'Brien, Henry Wells and David Whitehead. Vasey's concern for...
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  • officer. Mary Duncan, 98, American actress (City Girl, Morning Glory). Kenneth Eather, 91, Australian Army officer. Penelope Gilliatt, 61, English novelist...
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    remnants of the 2/14th and 2/16th, which were reinforced by Brigadier Kenneth Eather's 25th Brigade, consisting of the 2/25th, 2/31st and 2/33rd Infantry...
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    halt for a while, reinforcing the position at Kaiapit with Brigadier Kenneth Eather's 25th Infantry Brigade rather than displacing it forward as originally...
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    of the 2/4th Field Regiment arrived on 25 September, and Brigadier Kenneth Eather's 25th Infantry Brigade began to arrive two days later, freeing Dougherty...
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