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Thomas Blamey

1884 - 1951

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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 attain the rank of field marshal. Blamey joined the Australian Army as a regular soldier in 1906, and attended the Staff College at Quetta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Blamey has received more than 494,890 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Thomas Blamey is the 1,941st most popular military personnel (down from 1,621st in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 305th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Thomas Blamey ranks 1,941 out of 2,058. Before him are John Sullivan, Elmo Zumwalt, Adrianos Komnenos, Stepan Poltorak, Keith Park, and Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. After him are Valeriya Gnarovskaya, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Lewis H. Brereton, John Sedgwick, and Max Horton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Thomas Blamey ranks 237. Before him are Tomás Monje, John James Shepherd, C. H. Dodd, Edward Archibald, Frank Waller, and Alma Gluck. After him are Ivy Compton-Burnett, William Hogenson, Carl Osburn, Stuart Holmes, Richard Louis Duckett, and George Goulding. Among people deceased in 1951, Thomas Blamey ranks 172. Before him are Simon Barere, Ben Chifley, Herbert Lindström, Polydore Veirman, Nellie McClung, and Gordon Hodgson. After him are Tom Kiely, Max Horton, Cecil Green, John Sloan, Mady Christians, and Ernie Collett.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Thomas Blamey ranks 323 out of 1,143. Before him are Teresa Palmer (1986), Kerry Melville (1947), Gail Chanfreau (1945), Isabel Lucas (1985), Esna Boyd (1899), and Thelma Coyne Long (1918). After him are Betty McKinnon (1925), Zeljko Kalac (1972), Henry Lawson (1867), Lionel Cox (1930), Matthew Bingley (1971), and John McEwen (1900).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Australia

Among military personnels born in Australia, Thomas Blamey ranks 2. Before him are Peter Cosgrove (1947).

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