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- Lieutenant General Sir William Bridgeford, KBE, CB, MC (28 July 1894 – 21 September 1971) was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He began his military career in 1913 and fought on the Western Front during the First World War, before rising to command the 3rd Infantry Division during the Bougainville campaign in the Second World War. Later he served as the Commander in Chief of British Commonwealth Forces Korea during the Korean War. He retired from the military in 1953 and worked on the organising committee of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, as well as being the director of several companies and treasurer of a returned services organisation. (en)
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- 25th Brigade(1940)
- 3rd Armoured Division(1943)
- 3rd Infantry Division(1944–45)
- British Commonwealth Forces Korea(1951–53)
- Eastern Command (1951)
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- First World War
* Battle of Fromelles
* Battle of Polygon Wood
* Battle of the Hindenburg Line
Second World War
* Greek campaign
* New Guinea Campaign
* Bougainville campaign
Korean War (en)
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- Bridgeford in 1941 shortly after his involvement in the campaign in Greece (en)
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- Sir William Bridgeford (en)
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- General Officer Commanding 3rd Division (en)
- C-in-C British Commonwealth Forces Korea (en)
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- 1944 (xsd:integer)
- 1951 (xsd:integer)
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- Lieutenant General Sir William Bridgeford, KBE, CB, MC (28 July 1894 – 21 September 1971) was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He began his military career in 1913 and fought on the Western Front during the First World War, before rising to command the 3rd Infantry Division during the Bougainville campaign in the Second World War. Later he served as the Commander in Chief of British Commonwealth Forces Korea during the Korean War. He retired from the military in 1953 and worked on the organising committee of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, as well as being the director of several companies and treasurer of a returned services organisation. (en)
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- Sir William Bridgeford (en)
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