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Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey by Nicholas Han personality pro le 61 Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey by Nicholas Han INTRODUCTION minister in Carnavon but, before he accepted, he saw A man who attracted an advertisement promoting controversy but retained the applications for commissions in con dence of prime ministers, Sir the Commonwealth Cadet Forces.4 Thomas Albert Blamey was the Blamey was placed third in a rst Australian army of cer to national military examination, attain the rank of Field Marshal. appointed lieutenant on the While upholding the interests Administrative and Instructional of Australia and developing the Staff in November, and posted Australian Army for vital battles to Melbourne.5 On 8 September in the Paci c, he also brought 1909, he married Minnie Millard about many inventions and in Melbourne and had two children innovations into the military and over the span of ve years.6 In the police force. 1910, Blamey was transferred to EARLY LIFE the Australian Military Forces and promoted to captain, taking Sir Thomas Albert Blamey was over the brigade major of the born on 24 January 1884 at Lake 12th Brigade Area.7 Following a Albert, near Wagga Wagga, New competitive optional entrance 1 South Wales. He was the seventh examination for the Staff child of Richard Blamey, a butcher College, Quetta, India in 1912, who emigrated to Australia at age he became the rst Australian 16 and took jobs such as a contract of cer to pass, indicating his drover and an overseer of shearing determination to make a success 2 sheds. Passing the New South out of his career. In his report Wales Education Department’s the commandant mentioned entrance examination at the age that Blamey came here without of 15, Tom worked as a pupil- military knowledge. However, his teacher at Lake Albert School, work during the rst year was transferred to South Wagga Public characterized by a very genuine in 1901, and moved to Western determination to overcome this Australia in 1903 to be a teaching shortcoming, succeeding beyond assistant at Fremantle Boy’s all expectations by the end of 3 School for three years. that year.8 While in India, he also spent some time on attachment MILITARY CAREER to the British and Indian Armies, In 1906 he was offered an namely 4th Battalion, King’s Royal appointment as an probationary Ri e Corps at Rawalpindi, Kohat POINTER, JOURNAL OF THE SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES VOL.39 NO.2 61-64 Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey.indd 61 6/19/13 3:02 PM personality pro le 62 B r i g a d e o n t h e N o r t h W e s t F r o n t i e r, 1 December 1916. In the 1917 INTER-WAR YEARS Shimal Army Headquarters and New Year Honors, he received the Blamey became director of 9 Distinguished Service Order award 4th Dragoon Guards at Tidworth. Military Operations at Army Blamey was promoted to major on for developing the successful Headquarters in Melbourne in 10 1 July 1914. attack plan for the Battle of October 1919, while retaining his Pozieres, and also received a wartime rank of brigadier general WORLD WAR I mention in dispatches in the as an honorary rank. In 1920 he was 16 On the outbreak of World War process. In end 1916, Blamey promoted to substantive colonel nd I, Major Blamey was transferred commanded the 2 Infantry and appointed Deputy Chief of the brie y to the War Of ce in Battalion, and thereafter became General Staff.22 Blamey was one of st London before joining the 1st acting commander of the 1 the two Army representatives that Australian Division in Egypt as Infantry Brigade. When General aided in the creation of the Royal General Staff Of cer (GSO), Grade Headquarters realized that Australian Air Force (RAAF) when 3 (Intelligence). He landed at Blamey was a staff college the government set up a joint 23 Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, sent to graduate, they commented that Army-Navy board for opinions. evaluate the situation on the 400 “it is inadvisable to release such In 1922, Blamey was involved in the establishing of the Singapore Plateau and sent reinforcements.11 of cers for command of battalions strategy (a naval defense policy On 13 May 1915, when Blamey unless they have proved to be 17 which involved basing a eet of led a patrol behind the Turkish unequal to their duties on staff.” the Royal Navy in the Far East), lines, an enemy party of eight In June 1918, Blamey was and although skeptical, he briefed Turks appeared, one attacking promoted to brigadier general Prime Minister Stanley Bruce Bombardier A. A. Orchard with a as the Australian Corps Brigadier on the strategy for the 1923 bayonet. Blamey shot him with 24 General, General Staff (BGGS), Imperial Conference. In 1923, his revolver, and six Turks were and thereafter aided the success Lieutenant Colonel Brudenell killed thereafter. He withdrew his White retired as Chief of General of the Battle of Hamel by pressing men back safely to the Australian Staff (CGS), passing the role for new tank models to be used.18 lines, and for that incident he to Lieutenant General Sir Harry He also took note of the use of was mentioned in dispatches.12 He Chauvel, while Blamey was was always curious in technical mustard gas used by the Germans, assigned the new post of Second innovation, realizing the and went out of the way to Chief of General Staff, the duties adoption of the periscope ri es in arrange for a supply of mustard of which were the same as CGS.25 Australian trenches, rst seeing gas shells for the assault on the He transferred from the Permanent 19 it at the front line at Gallipoli. 13 Hindenburg Line. Lieutenant Military Forces to the Militia In July he was promoted to General John Monash, commander on 1 September 1925, assumed th temporary lieutenant colonel of the Australian Corps then, command of the 10 Infantry Brigade, then afterward the 3rd and went back to Egypt to aid mentioned that Blamey “possessed Division on 23 March 1931. He was the creation of the 2nd Australian a mind cultured far above the promoted to major general, one of Division.14 average, widely informed, alert four in that decade.26 and prehensile.”20 For his efforts On the Western Front in 1916, in the Australian Corps, Blamey After the resignation of the Blamey was made the Chief of was appointed Companion of Vic tor ia Police Chief Commissioner, st Staff and served as GSO1 in the 1 the Order of the Bath in 1919, Alexander Nicholson, Blamey was Division.15 He was also promoted awarded the French Croix de Guerre recommended and received that to full colonel by Lieutenant and also mentioned twice more in position on 1 September 1925 General Sir William Birdwood in dispatches.21 for ve years. He was determined POINTER, JOURNAL OF THE SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES VOL.39 NO.2 61-64 Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey.indd 62 6/19/13 3:02 PM personality pro le 63 to attend to the issues that commander of the police force to seek consent of the Australian led to the 1923 Victoria Police and worked accordingly. The government if he wanted to send strike, which he felt were “just, police force’s of cial historian them out.36 However, he did not even if they went the wrong way noted that “Blamey’s style of follow this and allowed Australian 27 about them.” He raised pay and dealing with public protest units to be deployed for the improved conditions, and applied was confrontationalist, readily Middle East crises according to the recommendations of the Royal violent, and generally ruthless.” military need.37 After the crises 28 Commission into the strike. On Argyle’s United Australia Party ended, Blamey requested his Other signi cant implementations government’s recommendation, units to return, causing con icts were introducing police dogs, he was knighted in 1935, but on with British commanders in the increasing police cars equipped 9 July 1936, Sir Albert Dunstan’s process. with two-way radios and boosting Country Party administration the number of policewomen in the forced him to resign for issuing an I Corps was tasked to Cyrenaica force.29 He tried to call for faster untrue statement in an attempt on 15 February 1941. Blamey promotion by merit, however it to protect the reputation of one insisted 6th Division to be sent was withdrawn later as the Police of his senior police of cers.32 before the 7th, causing a large Association did not favor it.30 Blamey was later recommended by debate with British Commander Richard Casey and Jo Gullet to be in Chief Middle East, General Sir A scandal occurred in 21 a possible commander in chief in 38 October 1925, where a raid in a the event of a war, and in April Archibald Wavell. Winning the brothel in Fitzroy found a man 1939 was designated so by Prime argument, he set about plans for who was carrying Blamey’s police Minister Joseph Lyons, who was evacuation immediately as he badge. Blamey’s reason for this replaced soon later by Robert noticed the chances of success was that he gave his key ring Menzies, a fellow supporter of was not high. Blamey managed to which included it to his friend Blamey.33 save many men but lost credibility who worked with him in France, when he let his son take the giving him access to alcohol in WORLD WAR II last seat out of Greece.39 Wavell his locker in the Naval and After the start of World War II reported that Blamey “has shown Military Club.
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