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Lieutenant General Sir Iven Giffard Mackay, KBE, CMG, DSO & Bar, VD (7 April 1882 – 30 September 1966) was a senior Australian Army officer who served in both world wars. Mackay graduated from the University of Sydney in 1904 and taught physics there from 1910 until 1914, when he joined the Australian Imperial Force shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. He served with the 4th Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli, where he distinguished himself in hand-to-hand fighting at the Battle of Lone Pine. In April 1916, he assumed command of the 4th Infantry Battalion on the Western Front and led it at the Battle of Pozières, Battle of Bullecourt and Battle of Broodseinde. He was promoted to brigadier general in June 1918, and led the 1st Infantry Brigade at the Battle of Hazebrouck, the Bat

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  • Lieutenant General Sir Iven Giffard Mackay, KBE, CMG, DSO & Bar, VD (7 April 1882 – 30 September 1966) was a senior Australian Army officer who served in both world wars. Mackay graduated from the University of Sydney in 1904 and taught physics there from 1910 until 1914, when he joined the Australian Imperial Force shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. He served with the 4th Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli, where he distinguished himself in hand-to-hand fighting at the Battle of Lone Pine. In April 1916, he assumed command of the 4th Infantry Battalion on the Western Front and led it at the Battle of Pozières, Battle of Bullecourt and Battle of Broodseinde. He was promoted to brigadier general in June 1918, and led the 1st Infantry Brigade at the Battle of Hazebrouck, the Battle of Amiens and in the attack on the Hindenburg Line. After the war, Mackay studied physics at the University of Cambridge under Ernest Rutherford before returning to Australia and his old job as a lecturer at the University of Sydney. From 1933 to 1940 he was headmaster of Cranbrook School, Sydney. He remained in the Militia between the wars, and was a major general by the time the Second World War broke out. He was selected to command the 6th Division in 1940, and led it through the Australian Army's first battles of the war. Any doubts about his ability soon disappeared with the commitment of the division to the Western Desert Campaign. During the Battle of Bardia in January 1941, the 6th Division captured the fortified town along with 36,000 Italian prisoners. In the Battle of Greece, he became the only Australian general to face the Waffen-SS in battle. He suffered a series of reverses in Greece, but impressed the troops under his command with his courage under fire. He was recalled to Australia in 1941 to serve as General Officer Commanding Home Forces. On 6 April 1942, he assumed command of the Second Army. During 1943 he twice commanded New Guinea Force in the fighting in the New Guinea campaign. His active service ended with his appointment as High Commissioner to India in November 1943. (en)
  • Iven Mackay (7 avril 1882 - 30 septembre 1966) est un officier supérieur australien de l'infanterie. Il servit en Europe pendant les deux guerres mondiales. Il fut ainsi dans le corps expéditionnaire à Gallipoli en 1915-1916 et pendant la bataille de Grèce en 1941. * Portail de l’histoire militaire * Portail de l’Australie (fr)
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  • Australia
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  • 1st Infantry Brigade(1918)
  • 1st Machine Gun Battalion(1918)
  • 2nd Division(1937–40)
  • 4th Infantry Battalion(1916–18)
  • 5th Infantry Brigade(1930–32)
  • 6th Division(1940–41)
  • 8th Infantry Brigade(1921–26)
  • 9th Infantry Brigade(1920–21)
  • New Guinea Force(1943–44)
  • Second Army(1942–44)
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  • 1946-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • NX363
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  • 1913-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Australia (en)
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  • Painting – Formal portrait of a First World War general in khaki uniform, with red hat band and collar tabs, gold braid and Sam Browne belt. (en)
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  • Acting High Commissioner (en)
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  • First World War * Gallipoli Campaign * Battle of Pozières * Second Battle of Bullecourt * Battle of Passchendaele * Battle of the Lys * Battle of Amiens * Battle of the Hindenburg Line Second World War * Operation Compass * Battle of Greece * Salamaua–Lae campaign * Huon Peninsula campaign * Finisterre Range campaign (en)
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  • 1882-04-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Official 1919 portrait of Iven Mackay by John Longstaff (en)
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  • Iven Giffard Mackay (en)
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  • 1966-09-30 (xsd:date)
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  • Sydney, New South Wales (en)
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  • Sir Iven Giffard Mackay (en)
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  • "Mister Chips" (en)
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  • Military of Australia (en)
  • World War I (en)
  • World War II (en)
  • Biography (en)
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  • NX363 (en)
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  • Iven Mackay (7 avril 1882 - 30 septembre 1966) est un officier supérieur australien de l'infanterie. Il servit en Europe pendant les deux guerres mondiales. Il fut ainsi dans le corps expéditionnaire à Gallipoli en 1915-1916 et pendant la bataille de Grèce en 1941. * Portail de l’histoire militaire * Portail de l’Australie (fr)
  • Lieutenant General Sir Iven Giffard Mackay, KBE, CMG, DSO & Bar, VD (7 April 1882 – 30 September 1966) was a senior Australian Army officer who served in both world wars. Mackay graduated from the University of Sydney in 1904 and taught physics there from 1910 until 1914, when he joined the Australian Imperial Force shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. He served with the 4th Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli, where he distinguished himself in hand-to-hand fighting at the Battle of Lone Pine. In April 1916, he assumed command of the 4th Infantry Battalion on the Western Front and led it at the Battle of Pozières, Battle of Bullecourt and Battle of Broodseinde. He was promoted to brigadier general in June 1918, and led the 1st Infantry Brigade at the Battle of Hazebrouck, the Bat (en)
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  • Iven Mackay (en)
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  • Sir Iven Giffard Mackay (en)
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