George Alan Vasey
Mayor Jenderal George Alan Vasey, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar (29 Maret 1895 – 5 Maret 1945) adalah seorang perwira Angkatan Darat Australia. Ia naik pangkat menjadi mayor jenderal pada Perang Dunia Kedua sebelum tewas dalam kecelakaan pesawat di dekat Cairns pada 1945.
George Alan Vasey | |
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Julukan | Bloody George |
Lahir | Malvern East, Victoria | 29 Maret 1895
Meninggal | 5 Maret 1945 dekat Cairns, Queensland | (umur 49)
Dikebumikan | Cairns, Queensland |
Pengabdian | Australia |
Dinas/cabang | Australian Army |
Lama dinas | 1913–1945 |
Pangkat | Mayor Jenderal |
NRP | VX9 |
Komandan | 7th Division (1942–44) 6th Division (1942) Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1942) 19th Infantry Brigade (1941) 13th Field Battery (1916–17) |
Perang/pertempuran | Perang Dunia Pertama
Perang Dunia Kedua |
Penghargaan | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Bar Mentioned in Despatches (4) Distinguished Service Cross (Amerika Serikat) Salib Perang (Yunani) |
Pranala luar
suntingWikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai George Alan Vasey.
- Vasey Biography at the Australian War Memorial Diarsipkan 2012-04-01 di Wayback Machine.
- Vasey Biography at the Australian Dictionary of Biography Diarsipkan 2011-05-24 di Wayback Machine.
- 5 March 1945 – Crash of a Hudson into the sea at Machan's Beach, just north of the Barron River, killing Major General George Alan Vasey Diarsipkan 2012-02-07 di Wayback Machine.