Leslie Morshead
(1889-1959)
Australian soldier with a distinguished career in both world wars
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Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, (18 September 1889 – 26 September 1959) was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose military career spanned both world wars. During the Second World War, he led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein, achieving decisive victories over Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps. His soldiers nicknamed him "Ming the Merciless", later simply "Ming", after the villain in the Flash Gordon comics.
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18 September 1889 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
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26 September 1959 (aged 70) Sydney, Australia
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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