Major General Basil Morris in Port Moresby, New Guinea, July 1942
Born
(1888-12-19)19 December 1888 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
5 April 1975(1975-04-05) (aged 86) Beaconsfield Upper, Victoria, Australia
Allegiance
Australia
Service/branch
Australian Army
Years of service
1910–1946
Rank
Major General
Commands held
Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (1942–46) New Guinea Lines of Communication Area (1942) New Guinea Force (1942) 8th Military District (1941–42) Overseas Base Area (1939–40) 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade (1927–31) Garrison Artillery, 3rd Military District (1926–29) 2nd Coastal Artillery Brigade (1926–27) Field Artillery, 2nd Military District (1922–24) 114th Howitzer Battery (1918–19)
Battles/wars
First World War
Western Front
Second World War
New Guinea campaign
Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (4)
Major General Basil Moorhouse Morris, CBE, DSO (19 December 1888 – 5 April 1975) was an Australian Army officer. He served in both the First and Second World Wars. In 1942, he was the Australian military administrator at Port Moresby at the start of the Imperial Japanese advance along the Kokoda Track after the invasion of Buna-Gona and successfully delayed the Japanese advance until units of the Second Australian Imperial Force arrived.
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been nominated for their work choreographing their own videos: Toni Basil, Morris Day, Bobby Brown, MC Hammer, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Quad City...
tall trees tangled with vines. In June 1942, Australian Major General BasilMorris issued an "Employment of Natives Order"[citation needed], which allowed...
Basil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian" (Greek: Βασίλειος ὁ Μακεδών, translit. Basíleios ō Makedṓn; 811 – 29 August 886), was Byzantine emperor from 867 to...
Administrator (1942–1946) 13 February 1942 to 31 October 1945 Major General BasilMorris Commander of the 8th Military District Head of the Papuan Civil Administrative...
fighting between November 1942 and January 1943. In mid-1942, Major General BasilMorris, commander of New Guinea Force, ordered the 39th Infantry Battalion,...
The Great Mouse Detective (released as Basil the Great Mouse Detective in some countries and as The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective for its 1992...
Torquay in Devon. The plots centre on the tense, rude and put-upon owner Basil Fawlty (Cleese), his bossy wife Sybil (Prunella Scales), the sensible chambermaid...
Major General BasilMorris, was an Australian Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. William Perry French Morris was baptised...
Major General Edmund Herring; and New Guinea Force under Major General BasilMorris. Between them they controlled ten Australian and two American divisions...
the right colour and the right size for you. Black cunt!": 13 Morris's brother Basil described her injuries from the incident, saying that he "could...
– 16 November 1942. New Guinea Force (Port Moresby) – Major General BasilMorris (19 May 1941 – 31 July 1942) / Lieutenant General Sydney Rowell (1 August...
Boddy, Bill (July 1957). "Trial of the Morris Minor 1,000". Motor Sport magazine. Retrieved 9 April 2023. Cardew, Basil (1966). "Review of the 1966 Motor Show"...
August 1959, the Mini was marketed under the Austin and Morris names, as the Austin Seven and Morris Mini-Minor. The Austin Seven was renamed Austin Mini...
Basil John Wait Brown (22 January 1888 – 12 March 1977) was an English archaeologist and astronomer. Self-taught, he discovered and excavated a 6th-century...
was in the process of being raised under the command of Major General BasilMorris. One of the unit's first tasks was to provide an armed escort for enemy...
establishment of a new command – New Guinea Force – with Major General BasilMorris in command. This force subsequently replaced the 8th Military District...
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of Papua In office 1940–1942 Preceded by Hubert Murray Succeeded by BasilMorris Personal details Born 13 December 1886 Watsons Bay, New South Wales Died...
Votes % ±% Country Leslie Cochrane 6,137 41.8 -4.7 Liberal and Country BasilMorris 6,047 41.1 +12.8 Independent Mac Steward 2,517 17.1 +17.1 Total formal...
Gippsland South Country Davy Bertram Herbert Hyland Gippsland West Country BasilMorris Leslie Cochrane Mac Steward (Ind) Glen Iris LCP Gwendolyn Noad Les Norman...
William McKell Prime Minister Ben Chifley Robert Menzies Preceded by BasilMorris Succeeded by Donald Cleland Personal details Born Jack Keith Murray 8...
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