Cyril Clowes

Cyril Albert Clowes
Major General Cyril Albert Clowes at the Battle of Milne Bay, New Guinea, 1942
Nickname(s)"Silent Cyril"[1][2]
Born(1892-03-11)11 March 1892
Warwick, Queensland
Died19 May 1968(1968-05-19) (aged 76)
Melbourne, Victoria
AllegianceAustralia
Service/branchAustralian Army
Years of service1911–1949
RankLieutenant General
Service numberTX2050
CommandsSouthern Command (1946–49)
Victorian Lines of Communication Area (1943–45)
11th Division (1942–43)
Milne Force (1942)
1st Division (1942)
Royal Australian Artillery, I Corps (1940–41)
6th Military District (1939–40)
Battles/wars
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire[3][4]
Distinguished Service Order[5]
Military Cross[6]
Mentioned in Despatches (4)[7]
Commander of the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)[8][9]
War Cross (Greece)[10]

Lieutenant General Cyril Albert Clowes, CBE, DSO, MC[11] (11 March 1892 – 19 May 1968) 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.[12]

  1. ^ Brune 2003, pp. 280
  2. ^ McKernan 2008, pp. 318
  3. ^ "No. 36031". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 May 1943. p. 2373.
  4. ^ "REL32877.001 – Commander of the Order of the British Empire : Major General C A Clowes". Australian War Memorial. 2009. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  5. ^ "REL32877.002 – Distinguished Service Order : Major C A Clowes, 2 Division Artillery Clowes". Australian War Memorial. 2009. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  6. ^ "REL32877.015 – Military Cross : Brigadier C A Clowes, Artillery commander I Australian Corps". Australian War Memorial. 2009. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  7. ^ "REL32877.011 – British War Medal 1939–45 with MID : Major General C A Clowes". Australian War Memorial. 2009. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Interesting groups of medals awarded to Australians or Kiwis". Digger History -an unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Forces. 2002. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  9. ^ "No. 29945". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 February 1917. p. 1607.
  10. ^ "REL32877.015 – Greek Military Cross – Brigadier C A Clowes, Artillery commander I Australian Corps". Australian War Memorial. 2009. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  11. ^ "Major (WW1), TX2050 Major General (WW2) Cyril Albert Clowes, CBE, DSO, MC". Australian War Memorial. 2009. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  12. ^ David Denholm (2010). Clowes, Cyril Albert (1892–1968). Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition. Retrieved 14 February 2010.