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- Lieutenant General Victor Clarence Secombe, CB, CBE (9 January 1897 – 3 February 1962) was a general officer of the Australian army. He served in the First and Second World Wars. Born in Glen Wills near Omeo, Victoria, Secombe graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in late 1917 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Force. He served with engineering units of the 5th Division during the last months of the First World War. Remaining in the military for the interwar period, he held a number of engineering postings in and later taught at Duntroon. During the early years of the Second World War, he served with the 7th Australian Division during the early stages of the North African Campaign before taking up engineering commands in the South West Pacific Area. After the war he served as Master-General of Ordnance and commanded Northern and Eastern Commands. He retired from the military in 1954 and took up cattle farming. He died in 1962 at the age of 65. (en)
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- Eastern Command (1951–52)
- Northern Command(1950–51, 1952–54)
- Royal Engineers,7th Division(1940–41)
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- Glen Wills, Victoria (en)
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- Brigadier Victor Secombe in Morotai, September 1945 (en)
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- South Brisbane, Queensland (en)
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- Victor Clarence Secombe (en)
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- General Officer Commanding Eastern Command (en)
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- Lieutenant General Victor Clarence Secombe, CB, CBE (9 January 1897 – 3 February 1962) was a general officer of the Australian army. He served in the First and Second World Wars. Born in Glen Wills near Omeo, Victoria, Secombe graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in late 1917 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Force. He served with engineering units of the 5th Division during the last months of the First World War. Remaining in the military for the interwar period, he held a number of engineering postings in and later taught at Duntroon. During the early years of the Second World War, he served with the 7th Australian Division during the early stages of the North African Campaign before taking up engineering commands in the South West Pacific Ar (en)
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