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    Lieutenant General Sir Vernon Ashton Hobart Sturdee, KBE, CB, DSO (16 April 1890 – 25 May 1966) was an Australian Army commander who served two terms as...
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    Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet GCB, KCMG, CVO (9 June 1859 – 7 May 1925) was a Royal Navy officer. After training...
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    main element of the army's headquarters moved under Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee, to Lae, in the Australian territory of New Guinea, where it was tasked...
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  • General Sir Vernon Ashton Hobart Sturdee KBE, CB, DSO (16 April 1890 – 25 May 1966), his nephew Rear Admiral Arthur Rodney Barry Sturdee (1919–2009),...
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    was appointed commander of the newly formed 8th Division, replacing Vernon Sturdee, who was promoted to White's former role. In February 1941, the 8th...
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    by Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee in 1945 and the next year the post of Commander in Chief was again abolished, with Sturdee becoming Chief of the...
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    regulars, Major Generals Vernon Sturdee and Henry Wynter to command the 8th and 9th Divisions, but Wynter became ill and Sturdee was appointed Chief of...
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    Fox-Strangways and Brigadier J. R. Stevenson, who represented Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee, the commander of the First Australian Army, on board the warship HMAS...
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  • Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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    Mackay, Leslie Morshead, John Northcott, Sydney Rowell, Stanley Savige, Vernon Sturdee and Henry Wells. His body was cremated at the Fawkner Crematorium and...
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    Japan (from 1945 to 1950) was the Frankston-born Lieutenant General Sir Vernon Sturdee. In 1946, J. R.W. "Bill" Pratt established his first grocery store in...
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    Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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    accepted by Brigadier J. R. Stevenson, who represented Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee, the commander of the First Australian Army, aboard the warship HMAS...
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    Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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    accepted by Brigadier J. R. Stevenson, who represented Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee, the commander of the First Australian Army, on board the warship HMAS...
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    Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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    Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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    Barracks, in Sydney. The division's first commander was Major General Vernon Sturdee. The third division raised as part of the all-volunteer Second Australian...
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    character. He wrote to the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee: Rowell has very great ability; is quick in decision and sound in judgement...
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  • The Australian landing ship medium Vernon Sturdee (AV 1355) was a United States Navy landing ship medium which was later sold to Australia and operated...
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    while the Chief of the Australian General Staff, Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee, threatened to resign if his advice was ignored and the troops were...
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    Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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  • filmmaker (d. 1960) April 16 Fred Root, English cricketer (d. 1954) Vernon Sturdee, Australian general (d. 1966) April 17 – Victor Chapman, French-American...
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    1939, the others being Frank Berryman, John Lavarack, Henry Wynter, Vernon Sturdee, Sydney Rowell and William Bridgeford. Frederick Shedden, later Secretary...
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    Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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    Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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    Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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    On Chauvel's recommendation, Menzies appointed Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee to the post. During the war, Chauvel's son Ian served as staff officer...
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    Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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    Betano LSM-1-class landing ship medium Harry Chauvel Brudenell White Vernon Sturdee Clive Steele Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) Labuan Lae Tarakan LST 3008...
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