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3DRL/6643 - Blamey, Sir Thomas (Field Marshal) GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, 1884-1951

ID number
3DRL/6643
Title
Blamey, Sir Thomas (Field Marshal) GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, 1884-1951
Maker
Blamey, Thomas Albert
Object type
Papers
Places made
  • Australia;
  • New Guinea;
Date made
1906-1953
Measurement
59 boxes: x 8.25m
Document
Finding aid
Access
Open
Copying provision
Copying permitted subject to physical condition
Collection
Private Record
Description
Extensive collection of mainly official papers relating to Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, focusing on his military career as commander of both the Middle East and South West Pacific Area, chiefly 1939-1945. Consists of correspondence, operations reports, minutes, military appreciations, conference papers, maps, photographs, clippings and printed material. Included are files relating to the placement of the 2nd AIF in the Middle East, policy developments in the Pacific and personal papers documenting his early teaching career. Correspondents include Prime Minister John Curtin, Robert Menzies, General H Dentz, General V Sturdee, General Douglas MacArthur, Winston Churchill and Secretary of the War Cabinet Frederick Shedden.
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