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Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED (18 September 1889 – 26 September 1959) was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose distinguished military career spanned both world wars. Most notably, during World War II, he led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein (1942), achieving decisive victories over Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps.

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rdfs:comment	Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED (18 September 1889 – 26 September 1959) was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose distinguished military career spanned both world wars. Most notably, during World War II, he led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein (1942), achieving decisive victories over Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps.
foaf:name	Morshead, Leslie James Sir Leslie James Morshead
foaf:nick	'Ming the Merciless'
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dc:description	Australian soldier with a distinguished career in bothworld wars
alias	Morshead, Sir Leslie James
award	dbpedia:Distinguished_Service_Order dbpedia:Mentioned_in_dispatches dbpedia:Virtuti_Militari dbpedia:Efficiency_Decoration dbpedia:Medal_of_Freedom dbpedia:Legion_of_Honour dbpedia:Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George dbpedia:Order_of_the_Bath dbpedia:Order_of_the_British_Empire
battle	Gallipoli Campaign German Spring Offensive, 1918 Battle of Messines New Guinea Campaign Hundred Days Offensive, 1918 Borneo Campaign (1945) Battle of Passchendaele First Battle of El Alamein Second Battle of El Alamein dbpedia:Siege_of_Tobruk
birth date	1889-09-18(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Victoria Ballarat
birth year	1889-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1959-09-26(xsd:dateTime)
death place	The First State; Cumberland
death year	1959-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
military branch	Australian Army
military command	I Corps 15th Infantry Brigade 18th Infantry Brigade 19th Infantry Battalion 33rd Infantry Battalion 36th Infantry Battalion 5th Infantry Brigade 9th Division II Corps New Guinea Force Second Army
occupation	dbpedia:Orient_Steam_Navigation_Company
service end year	1946-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
service number	NX8
service start year	1913-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morshead_(AWM_009517).jpg?width=300
is commander of	Battle of Sio Borneo Campaign (1945) dbpedia:Siege_of_Tobruk Western Desert Campaign
is notable commander of	Australian 9th Division 36th Battalion 18th Brigade

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