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- Vernon_Sturdee abstract "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 Chief of the General Staff. A regular officer of the Royal Australian Engineers who joined the Militia in 1908, he was one of the original Anzacs during the First World War, participating in the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. In the campaign that followed, he commanded the 5th Field Company, before going on to lead the 8th Field Company and 4th Pioneer Battalion on the Western Front. In 1918 he was seconded to General Headquarters (GHQ) British Expeditionary Force as a staff officer.Promotion was stagnant between the wars, and Sturdee remained at his wartime rank of lieutenant colonel until 1935. He served in a series of staff posts, and attended the Staff College at Quetta in British India and the Imperial Defence College in Britain. Like other regular officers, he had little faith in the government's "Singapore strategy", and warned that the Army would have to face an effective and well-equipped Japanese opponent.Ranked colonel at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Sturdee was raised to lieutenant general in 1940 and became Chief of the General Staff. He proceeded to conduct a doomed defence of the islands to the north of Australia against the advancing Japanese forces. In 1942, he successfully advised the government to divert the Second Australian Imperial Force troops returning from the Middle East to Australia. He then became head of the Australian Military Mission to Washington, DC, where he represented Australia before the Combined Chiefs of Staff. As commander of the First Army in New Guinea in 1944–45, Sturdee directed the fighting at Aitape, and on New Britain and Bougainville. He was charged with destroying the enemy when opportunity presented itself, but had to do so with limited resources, and without committing his troops to battles that were beyond their strength.When the war ended, Sturdee took the surrender of Japanese forces in the Rabaul area. As one of the Army's most senior officers, he succeeded General Sir Thomas Blamey as Commander in Chief of the Australian Military Forces in December 1945. He became the Chief of the General Staff a second time in 1946, serving in the post until his retirement in 1950. During this term, he had to demobilise the wartime Army while providing and supporting the Australian contingent of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. He developed a structure for the post-war Army that included regular combat formations. As a result, the Australian Regular Army was formed, laying the foundations for the service as it exists today.".
- Vernon_Sturdee allegiance "Commonwealth of Australia".
- Vernon_Sturdee award Distinguished_Service_Order.
- Vernon_Sturdee award Mentioned_in_dispatches.
- Vernon_Sturdee award Order_of_the_Bath.
- Vernon_Sturdee award Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Vernon_Sturdee battle Aitape%E2%80%93Wewak_campaign.
- Vernon_Sturdee battle Bougainville_Campaign.
- Vernon_Sturdee battle Dutch_East_Indies_campaign.
- Vernon_Sturdee battle Gallipoli_Campaign.
- Vernon_Sturdee battle New_Britain_campaign.
- Vernon_Sturdee battle Western_Front_(World_War_I).
- Vernon_Sturdee birthDate "1890-04-16".
- Vernon_Sturdee birthPlace Frankston,_Victoria.
- Vernon_Sturdee birthPlace Victoria_(Australia).
- Vernon_Sturdee birthYear "1890".
- Vernon_Sturdee deathDate "1966-05-25".
- Vernon_Sturdee deathPlace Heidelberg,_Victoria.
- Vernon_Sturdee deathPlace Victoria_(Australia).
- Vernon_Sturdee deathYear "1966".
- Vernon_Sturdee militaryBranch Australian_Army.
- Vernon_Sturdee militaryCommand "4th Pioneer Battalion".
- Vernon_Sturdee militaryCommand "8th Division".
- Vernon_Sturdee militaryCommand "8th Field Company".
- Vernon_Sturdee militaryCommand "Chief of the General Staff".
- Vernon_Sturdee militaryCommand "Eastern Command".
- Vernon_Sturdee militaryCommand "First Army".
- Vernon_Sturdee relation Charles_Merrett.
- Vernon_Sturdee relation Doveton_Sturdee.
- Vernon_Sturdee serviceEndYear "1950".
- Vernon_Sturdee serviceNumber "NX35000".
- Vernon_Sturdee serviceStartYear "1908".
- Vernon_Sturdee thumbnail Vernon_Sturdee_093811.JPG?width=300.
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- Vernon_Sturdee accessdate "2012-10-30".
- Vernon_Sturdee after "Lieutenant General John Northcott".
- Vernon_Sturdee after "Lieutenant General Sydney Rowell".
- Vernon_Sturdee after "Major General Horace Robertson".
- Vernon_Sturdee after "Position abolished".
- Vernon_Sturdee allegiance "Commonwealth of Australia".
- Vernon_Sturdee alt "Grey haired man in Army shirt with sleeves rolled up. He is wearing rank badges and ribbons but no tie or hat.".
- Vernon_Sturdee awards Distinguished_Service_Order.
- Vernon_Sturdee awards Mentioned_in_dispatches.
- Vernon_Sturdee awards Order_of_the_Bath.
- Vernon_Sturdee awards Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Vernon_Sturdee battles "First World War: *Gallipoli Campaign *Western Front Second World War: *Dutch East Indies campaign *Aitape-Wewak campaign *New Britain campaign *Bougainville Campaign".
- Vernon_Sturdee before "General Sir Brudenell White".
- Vernon_Sturdee before "General Sir Thomas Blamey".
- Vernon_Sturdee before "Lieutenant General John Northcott".
- Vernon_Sturdee before "Lieutenant General Sir John Lavarack".
- Vernon_Sturdee birthDate "1890-04-16".
- Vernon_Sturdee birthPlace "Frankston, Victoria, Australia".
- Vernon_Sturdee branch Australian_Army.
- Vernon_Sturdee caption "Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee, GOC First Army c.1945".
- Vernon_Sturdee commands Chief_of_Army_(Australia).
- Vernon_Sturdee commands First_Australian_Army.
- Vernon_Sturdee commands "4".
- Vernon_Sturdee commands "8".
- Vernon_Sturdee commands "Eastern Command".
- Vernon_Sturdee dateOfBirth "1890-04-16".
- Vernon_Sturdee dateOfDeath "1966-05-25".
- Vernon_Sturdee deathDate "1966-05-25".
- Vernon_Sturdee deathPlace "Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia".
- Vernon_Sturdee first "James".
- Vernon_Sturdee hasPhotoCollection Vernon_Sturdee.
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- Vernon_Sturdee imageSize "300".
- Vernon_Sturdee last "Wood".
- Vernon_Sturdee name "Sir Vernon Ashton Hobart Sturdee".
- Vernon_Sturdee name "Sturdee, Vernon".
- Vernon_Sturdee pages "pp. 340–342".
- Vernon_Sturdee placeOfBirth "Frankston, Victoria, Australia".
- Vernon_Sturdee placeOfDeath "Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia".
- Vernon_Sturdee rank Lieutenant_general_(Australia).
- Vernon_Sturdee ref "harv".
- Vernon_Sturdee relations Charles_Merrett.
- Vernon_Sturdee relations Doveton_Sturdee.
- Vernon_Sturdee servicenumber "NX35000".
- Vernon_Sturdee serviceyears "1908".
- Vernon_Sturdee shortDescription "Former Australian Chief of the General Staff".
- Vernon_Sturdee title Chief_of_Army_(Australia).
- Vernon_Sturdee title "Chief of the General Staff".
- Vernon_Sturdee title "GOC First Army".
- Vernon_Sturdee title "GOC-in-C Australian Military Forces".
- Vernon_Sturdee title "Sturdee, Sir Vernon Ashton Hobart".
- Vernon_Sturdee year "2002".
- Vernon_Sturdee years "1940".
- Vernon_Sturdee years "1944".
- Vernon_Sturdee years "1945".