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| rdfs:comment | - Lieutenant General Sir Horace Clement Hugh Robertson KBE, DSO (29 October 1894 – 28 April 1960) was a senior officer in the Australian Army who served in the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War. He was one of the first graduates of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, to reach the ranks of major general and lieutenant general.
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| Name | - Sir Horace Clement Hugh Robertson
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| Title | - C-in-C British Commonwealth Forces Korea
- C-in-C British Commonwealth Occupation Force
- Robertson, Sir Horace Clement Hugh
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| Battles | - First World War:
* Gallipoli Campaign
* Sinai and Palestine Campaign
Second World War:
* Western Desert Campaign
* New Guinea Campaign
* Occupation of Japan
Korean War
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- Lieutenant General John Northcott
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| Alt | - A soldier wearing a soft peaked cap presents a samurai sword over to another wearing a peaked cap with his sleeves rolled up. Another soldier in a slouch hat stands to attention nearby.
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| After | - Lieutenant General William Bridgeford
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| abstract | - Lieutenant General Sir Horace Clement Hugh Robertson KBE, DSO (29 October 1894 – 28 April 1960) was a senior officer in the Australian Army who served in the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War. He was one of the first graduates of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, to reach the ranks of major general and lieutenant general. During the First World War, Robertson served with the 10th Light Horse in the Gallipoli Campaign, including the disastrous Battle of the Nek, where much of his regiment was wiped out. He later participated in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, where he captured a Turkish Army general, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. During the Second World War, Robertson led the 19th Infantry Brigade at the Battle of Bardia and accepted the surrender of the Italian Navy at Benghazi. Later, he commanded the 1st Armoured Division in Western Australia. In the final weeks of the war he commanded troops in the closing stages of the New Britain Campaign and the Aitape–Wewak campaign. At the end of the war, he accepted the surrender of Japanese Lieutenant General Hatazō Adachi. Following the war, he commanded the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in the Occupation of Japan and the British Commonwealth Forces Korea in the Korean War. Robertson was a key figure in establishing the Australian Armoured Corps. Its headquarters in Darwin is named Robertson Barracks in his honour.
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