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   Lieutenant General Sir John Dudley Lavarack, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO (19 December 1885 – 4 December 1957) was an Australian Army officer who was Governor of Queensland from 1 October 1946 to 4 December 1957, the first Australian-born governor of that state.

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   Sir John Dudley Lavarack (1885-1957), army officer and governor, was born on 19 December 1885 at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, third child of English-born parents Cecil Wallace Lavarack, a draughtsman who became a major in the Queensland Defence Force, and his wife Jessie Helen, née Mackenzie.

3. thesydneyinstitute.com.au › blog › a-personalA PERSONAL VENDETTA IN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY

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   Apr 28, 2022 · The story of John Lavarack is the story of more than a military career. It is also an analysis of the age old outcomes of rivalry, professional competition and the politics of the workplace, which in this case involved decisions made as high up as Australia’s political leadership.

4. www.taylorfrancis.com › chapters › editLieutenant-General Sir John Lavarack: From Chief of the ...

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   As the most senior Staff Corps officer of the inter-war period to be appointed to an operational command during the Second World War, Lieutenant-General Sir John Lavarack provides an interesting opportunity to test this theory at the highest level.

5. www.awm.gov.au › collection › P10682173Lieutenant General John Dudley Lavarack - Australian War Memorial

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   Lieutenant General John Dudley Lavarack. Service number. NX20310. Ranks Held. Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Lieutenant General, Major, Major General. Birth Date. 1885-12-19. Birth Place. Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, Kangaroo Point.

   • Birth Date: 1885-12-19

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6. www.awm.gov.au › collection › C384226Portrait of Lieutenant General John Dudley Lavarack ...

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   Portrait of Lieutenant General John Dudley Lavarack, Commanding Officer of the 7th Division. On 7 August 1905 Lavarack was commissioned into the Permanent Military Forces and was appointed the rank of lieutenant, Royal Australian Artillery.

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   Who is John Dudley Lavarack?

   • Lieutenant General Sir John Dudley Lavarack, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO (19 December 1885 – 4 December 1957) was an Australian Army officer who was Governor of Queensland from 1 October 1946 to 4 December 1957, the first Australian-born governor of that state. John Dudley Lavarack, circa 1887

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   Who was John Lavarack?

   • He held a distinguished military record in World War I and rose in the ranks, taking time after the war to remain in Britain with the Australian Imperial Force. When John Lavarack (1885-1957) returned to Australia in September 1919, he had been away from Australia for seven years. In 1920, he was second in command at Duntroon, Canberra.

   A PERSONAL VENDETTA IN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY

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   Who was General Lavarack and what did he do?

   • Against General Blamey's wishes, the Australian Government promoted Lavarack to Major General and gave him command of the 6th Division. He arrived in the Middle East in November 1940 and in March 1941 Axis forces under General Erwin Rommel attacked in Libya.

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   What happened to Lavarack?

   • Wasted talent, Lavarack was kept away from the New Guinea and Pacific campaigns, languishing in Queensland’s Toowoomba as head of the diminishing First Army and then sent to Washington with Curtin’s proviso “that there was no implication in these moves of further advancement”.

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8. www.awm.gov.au › collection › R1579699John Lavarack - Australian War Memorial

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   Show JPG document of AWM192 303 - [Box 9] Honours and Awards, Second World War: Joshua R - Loder G B (83.95 KB JPG) (file)