Cyril Clowes
Military Person
1892 – 1968
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Who was Cyril Clowes?
Lieutenant General Cyril Albert Clowes CBE, DSO, MC was an Australian soldier. He won the first land victory against the Japanese in the Second World War, at the Battle of Milne Bay, New Guinea. Like many other senior officers involved in the Papuan campaign, he was then transferred to a less important posting by General Sir Thomas Blamey.
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- Born
- Mar 11, 1892
Warwick - Nationality
- Australia
- Education
- Royal Military College, Duntroon
- Died
- May 19, 1968
Melbourne
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on July 23, 2013
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