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| rdfs:label | - William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
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| rdfs:comment | - Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill" Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970) was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. He fought in both the First and Second world wars and was wounded in action three times. During World War II he led the 14th Army, the so-called "forgotten army" in the Burma campaign. From 1953 to 1959 he was Governor-General of Australia, regarded by many Australians as an authentic war hero who had fought with the Anzacs at Gallipoli.
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| Office | - Governor-General of Australia
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| Battles | - First World War
*Battle of Gallipoli
*Mesopotamian Campaign
Second World War
*Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre
**East African Campaign
**Anglo-Iraqi War
**Syria-Lebanon campaign
**Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
*Burma Campaign
*Battle of Kohima
*Battle of Imphal
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| Years | - 1948
- 1953
- 1960
- 1964
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- June 1942 – October 1943
- May 1941 – March 1942
- October 1943 – August 1945
- September 1939 – January 1941
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| honorific prefix | - Field Marshal The Right Honourable
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| abstract | - Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill" Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970) was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. He fought in both the First and Second world wars and was wounded in action three times. During World War II he led the 14th Army, the so-called "forgotten army" in the Burma campaign. From 1953 to 1959 he was Governor-General of Australia, regarded by many Australians as an authentic war hero who had fought with the Anzacs at Gallipoli.
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