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688:. When the attack began, Mackay went over the top at the head of an attack. He ignored the first Turkish trench, taking a direct line to his objective. Firing from the hip, he shot and killed several Turks in the trenches below. Mackay positioned himself at the junction of two trenches, shooting down more enemy troops. When no others appeared, he came to the belief that the trenches were in Australian hands and ran across the junction into a wide bay. The first man who attempted to follow was shot dead, as were the next two after him. The rest decided not to follow. Mackay took up a position on a fire step, a raised part of the trench floor which allows men to fire over the top. Three Turkish soldiers appeared in the trench. Mackay attempted to fire but his magazine was empty. He lunged at the Turks, grazing one and making all three run. Mackay then instructed his party to fortify the position with sandbags. As the barricade was built up, it became possible for the rest of the party to join Mackay. The post became the north eastern corner of the new Australian position at Lone Pine. It was in an exposed position and came under hand grenade attack from Turkish troops. Mackay was slightly injured in one such attack. When Lieutenant 996: 44: 1295:. In short his command was far more circumscribed than he might have expected, with the added disadvantage of calling for a political finesse to the possession of which he laid few claims. He was a gallant and successful soldier, with a long record of distinguished service to his country, and a man of instinctive and unassuming courtesy. But neither his qualities of character and temperament nor the academic seclusion of his life between the wars fitted him well for the role of a senior military adviser to a Cabinet inexperienced in military affairs. 1154: 1213: 895: 1193:
wounded. One staff officer "noticed Mackay moving in front of his tent quite unconcerned about the movement of enemy planes. He neither looked at the planes nor at the men dashing about, but they saw him, and those moving towards shelter stopped, and many of those who had gained shelter returned to their duties. Personal example is the only paying proposition in such circumstances". For his actions in Greece, he was mentioned in despatches a sixth time, and awarded the
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desolate corner (the most actively shelled in Pozières), surrounded by shredded tree-trunks and the dead, a panting messenger stumbled up to them with an envelope marked "Urgent and Secret". They hurriedly tore it open. The message read: "A number of cases have lately occurred of men failing to salute the army commander when passing in his car, in spite of the fact that the car carries his flag upon the bonnet. This practice must cease."
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By the next day, Mackay realised that the position could not be held. He personally kept the enemy at bay with his rifle while new barricades were constructed. When he was satisfied with the security of the new position he reported to the battalion commander, who sent him to have his wounds dressed.
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Regular officers took the opportunity to give Mackay petty snubs. Army Headquarters continually addressed him as "major general", although his promotion to lieutenant general had been gazetted, and his pay was only £1,564 compared with Sturdee's £2,269. His AIF serial number was taken away from him
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recommended to Blamey that all generals over the age of 50 be retired. In July 1941, Ernest Turnbull, representing the motion picture industry, approached Menzies and several members of his Cabinet about the possibility of Mackay becoming Chief Commonwealth Film Censor. Menzies had a different post
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As in Libya, Mackay shared the hardships of living in the field with his men, and impressed them by his coolness during air raids. They watched him sit in the open during attacks; on one such occasion on 19 April 1941, Mackay waited out a two-and-a-half-hour raid when his car was hit and his driver
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Colonels Stevens and Mackay had left their headquarters and walked forward up Dead Man's Road (the sunken end of the Chalk Pit road) to its junction with the main road for the purpose of making hurried plans for the advance of their men, and instructing the company commanders. As they stood at this
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For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While acting as brigadier, when the brigade on the right was broken into by the enemy, the battalion under his orders counter-attacked and assisted to drive out the enemy and restore the position. His action in repelling the counter-attack was of the
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If Mackay had been in any way deceived by the grandiloquence of his new title his illusions were soon dissipated when he assumed command on 1 September. Initially there was reluctance to grant him the substantive promotion he had been promised. He found that his authority did not extend over the
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considered this "a damn insult to the professional soldier, calculated to split the Army down the centre. We were to be the hewers of wood and the drawers of water. We, the only people who really knew the job, were to assist these Militia fellows". Berryman, who worked closely with Mackay as his
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had him brought to Delhi to be reunited with his family. With the war's end, Mackay retired from the army on 27 February 1946, and the post of High Commissioner gradually became a civilian one. India was not yet independent, but was about to become so, and Mackay met with future leaders
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When Blamey relieved Rowell of command of I Corps in New Guinea, he nominated Herring as successor. Blamey proposed Mackay as a second choice but preferred Herring as he was much younger, and this was important in the taxing New Guinea climate. When Blamey relinquished command of
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and later the attack on the Hindenburg Line. Through his "careful preliminary preparations and sound tactical knowledge", Mackay contributed to the successes of his brigade and was once more mentioned in despatches. For his service as a brigade commander, he was appointed a
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chief of staff, held him in high regard. "For moral and physical courage", said Berryman, "few equalled him—none ever surpassed him. He was an educated and most knowledgeable soldier ... and extremely patient". His Commander, Royal Australian Artillery, a reservist,
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on 30 January 1943, he handed over temporary command to Mackay to enable Herring to go on leave. The period was a quiet one, with no major operations being carried out, and Mackay handed back to Herring and returned to command of the Second Army at
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Home Forces. In a cable to Blamey, Menzies stipulated that the War Cabinet wanted a high-ranking officer like Mackay with active service in the current war. Blamey replied that he considered "Mackay most suitable for the appointment".
668:, but did not go ashore with the battalion, as his job was to take care of the horses. He re-joined the battalion on shore on 8 May 1915. Heavy casualties in the early fighting had depleted the officer ranks and Mackay was promoted to 2809:, Extensive collection of material relating to Mackay's First and Second World War service as well as his time in India. Includes diaries, orders, notebooks, correspondence, photographs, rolls, files, maps and manuals. 983:, and the school council voted to remove him on 25 October 1939. Mackay was given twelve months' notice. When, in December 1939, Mackay's daughter Jean married Lieutenant W. H. Travers, the grandson of Major General 1116:
His appointment to command the 6th Division meant that Mackay led its—and the Australian Army's—first battles of the war. Doubts about Mackay's ability soon disappeared with the commitment of the division to
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On 6 June 1918, Mackay was heading on leave to London to visit his wife, who had managed to reach England after a long battle with wartime travel restrictions, when he was stopped and turned back at
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and he was sent a new recruit's papers to fill in. The Military Board even attempted to bring him before a medical board to decide his fitness for further service. Only the intervention of the
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throughout the inter-war period. He held the rank of honorary brigadier general from 21 January 1920 to late June 1937, when he was promoted to that rank substantively. He commanded the
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and then England, and he did not rejoin his battalion until February 1916, by which time it had been withdrawn to Egypt. For his actions at Lone Pine, Mackay was nominated for the
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in battle. He suffered a series of reverses in Greece, but impressed the troops under his command with his courage under fire. He was recalled to Australia in 1941 to serve as
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with a punctured lung and broken ribs. The injury forced him to miss the scheduled embarkation of his battalion. He sailed for Egypt with the 1st Reinforcements of the
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in 1940, and led it through the Australian Army's first battles of the war. Any doubts about his ability soon disappeared with the commitment of the division to the
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in 1919. Iven and Marjorie later had two more children – a son, Iven John, born in Sydney in 1920, and another daughter, Alison, born in Sydney in 1930.
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forces sent there. While in Greece, Mackay led a hastily assembled Australian-British-New Zealand-Greek formation known as Mackay Force, defending the
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in January 1917, for the first of what would be five times totalling 92 days in 1917. He commanded the 4th Infantry Battalion in the advance to the
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At the outbreak of war in 1939, Mackay was ranked seventh on the army's seniority list. Following formation of a second infantry division for the
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Mackay assumed command of Home Forces on 1 September 1941, with the rank of lieutenant general. His task was to prepare the Militia to repel a
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On 28 August 1943, Mackay once again assumed command of New Guinea Force. This time, important operations were being undertaken in the
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in January 1941, the 6th Division captured the fortified town along with 36,000 Italian prisoners. For this success, Mackay was made a
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before returning to Australia and his old job as a lecturer at the University of Sydney. From 1933 to 1940 he was headmaster of
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up to Lone Pine once more. When it became known that he was visiting the United States in 1961, the US Army took him to see
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Lieutenant W. H. Travers and Mrs. Jean Margaret Travers, son-in-law and daughter of Major General Iven Mackay, January 1941
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for his gallantry at Lone Pine, his part in the capture of Pozières, and his role in repelling a German counterattack at
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on 31 January 1915. He was then posted back to the 4th Infantry Battalion as the Transport Officer. He observed the
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marked the beginning of an Australian diplomatic presence in India. When Lieutenant Iven Mackay was liberated, the
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in the Cadet Corps. On 20 March 1913, he transferred to the Militia as a lieutenant. In July he became the
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in January 1941, the 6th Division captured the fortified town along with 36,000 Italian prisoners. In the
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in 1905, teaching various subjects and coaching the rowing and rugby teams. In 1910 he returned to the
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Casualties in Greece included Mackay's son-in-law, Captain W. H. Travers, who was captured in the
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For his part in the battle, Mackay was mentioned in despatches a second time. He was awarded the
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On 14 August 1941, Mackay handed over command of the 6th Division to Herring. Mackay departed
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The troops nicknamed him "Mr Chips", after the title character of the best-selling 1934 novel
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utmost value, and his prompt action and extreme resolution showed leadership of a high order.
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in April 1917 his battalion held its positions, repulsing the Germans with heavy casualties.
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in July, where it was involved in the capture of the town. Here, a famous incident occurred:
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Volume II: The Story of ANZAC from 4 May 1915, to the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula
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and winning a trophy in 1899 for being the school's best rifle shot. In 1911, he became a
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Senior officers of the 6th Division, December 1940. Front row, left to right: Brigadier
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Australian anti-tank gunners resting, soon after their withdrawal from the Vevi area
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In August, the 1st Division moved south to the Somme sector to participate in the
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rank of major in the 26th Infantry Battalion in the AMF back home on 3 June 1918.
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ordering that commands in the 6th Division be given to Militia officers. Colonel
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in 1952. When Blamey died in 1951, Mackay rushed to Melbourne to be one of his
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was sent to relieve Mackay during the night, Mackay refused to leave the post.
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from 1 May 1930 to 31 December 1932. On 24 March 1937 he took command of the
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in May, Mackay was mentioned in despatches for the third time, and awarded a
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One lesson of Greece was that modern war was a young man's trade. Brigadier
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by the time the Second World War broke out. He was selected to command the
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Bravery Above Blunder: The 9th Division at Finschhafen, Sattelberg and Sio
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with his son, Lieutenant Iven Mackay, an officer with the 8th Division's
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shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. He served with the
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The Battle for Lone Pine: Four Days of Hell at the Heart of Gallipoli
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After the end of the war Mackay took advantage of Brigadier General
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In October 1914, Mackay suffered a riding accident and was taken to
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His term of office at Cranbrook ended acrimoniously after Justice
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and others blamed Mackay for the school's slow recovery from the
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and Mackay's period of command was marred by disagreements with
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Mackay's injuries were severe enough for him to be evacuated to
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Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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brigade. Mackay was the only Australian general to face the
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Mackay sailed for France on 20 March 1916 on the transport
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Informal portrait of Lieutenant Colonel I. G. Mackay DSO (
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Home Forces. On 6 April 1942, he assumed command of the
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In November 1943, it was announced that Prime Minister
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to his Distinguished Service Order. His citation read:
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Mackay held the temporary position of commander of the
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His first child, Jean Margaret, was born in 396:there from 1910 until 1914, when he joined the 2253: 2251: 2037:(Supplement). 28 December 1918. p. 15225. 1979:(Supplement). 31 December 1917. p. 13566. 4177:Australian military personnel of World War II 3731: 3317: 1669: 1636: 1305:in February 1942, Mackay's son Iven became a 1034:was elevated to command of the newly created 684:On 6 August 1915, Mackay was involved in the 451:After the war, Mackay studied physics at the 4172:Australian military personnel of World War I 3169:Bardia: Myth, Reality and the Heirs of Anzac 1820:(Supplement). 28 January 1916. p. 1208. 1684: 1621: 827:. Mackay led his battalion once more at the 2715:"Note by Mackay of Conversation with Evatt" 2263: 2248: 1583:The G in Giffard is soft, as in "general". 591:. As part of his training, he attended the 564:Mackay had served in the Newington College 4222:Academic staff of the University of Sydney 3738: 3724: 3324: 3310: 2774:Mackay's papers and portraits held at the 2452:"Honours and Awards – Iven Giffard Mackay" 2142:(Supplement). 7 January 1919. p. 313. 1879:(Supplement). 4 January 1917. p. 254. 964:from 1 May 1921 to 30 April 1926; and the 783:Acting brigade commander again during the 42: 3163: 2332: 2096:(Supplement). 11 July 1919. p. 8827. 2002:(Supplement). 18 June 1917. p. 5980. 1902:(Supplement). 1 January 1917. p. 28. 1882:(Mentioned in Despatches – Western Front) 1216:Lieutenant Iven John Mackay, January 1941 819:. He later received his medals from King 4192:High commissioners of Australia to India 3136: 2952:. 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Their arrival in 1245:on 22 August. En route, he stopped in 886:for his service on the Western Front. 776:. During the German counter-attack at 3719: 3305: 3277:Australian High Commissioner to India 2126: 1823:(Mentioned in Despatches – Gallipoli) 1611: 1609: 1607: 1605: 1603: 1601: 1599: 1597: 1595: 1593: 1038:. Mackay was selected to command the 627:on 27 August 1914 as adjutant of the 332:Australian High Commissioner to India 4212:Recipients of the War Cross (Greece) 4202:People from Grafton, New South Wales 4197:People educated at Newington College 4090: 3140:South-West Pacific Area – First Year 3109: 3079: 2994: 2893: 2863: 2505: 2421: 2415: 2403: 2391: 2269: 2257: 2242: 2080: 2021: 1986: 1963: 1886: 1863: 1857: 1804: 1774: 1762: 1750: 1615: 1345:Lieutenant General Sir Iven Mackay ( 720:as part of the Advance Party of the 650:, departing Sydney on the transport 2950:Iven G. Mackay: Citizen and Soldier 2897:Volume III: The AIF in France: 1916 2338: 2103: 2005:(Distinguished Service Order – bar) 1500:. Mackay climbed from the beach at 1007:. Back row, left to right: Colonel 990: 889: 27:Australian Army officer (1882–1966) 24: 3005:Australian Dictionary of Biography 2440:(Mentioned in Despatches – Greece) 2099:(Mentioned in Despatches – Amiens) 1590: 618: 25: 4233: 3145:Australia in the War of 1939–1945 3118:Australia in the War of 1939–1945 3091:Australia in the War of 1939–1945 2437:. 30 December 1941. p. 7357. 882:. He was also awarded the French 656:on 19 December 1914, arriving at 501:. During 1943 he twice commanded 4099: 4071: 4059: 2925:. 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On 24 July 1941 the 1180:Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 244:Battle of the Hindenburg Line 1496:as a guest of Field Marshal 679: 644:Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 467:between the wars, and was a 7: 4217:University of Sydney alumni 3293:as Acting High Commissioner 1511:Mackay died at his home in 1469:in 1950 and awarded him an 1452: 1365:Parramatta, New South Wales 1062:for the Middle East on the 785:Second Battle of Bullecourt 743:Distinguished Service Order 513:to India in November 1943. 381:officer who served in both 299:Distinguished Service Order 224:Second Battle of Bullecourt 10: 4238: 1459:Liberal Party of Australia 1293:Chief of the General Staff 1231:General Officer Commanding 495:General Officer Commanding 432:in June 1918, and led the 388:Mackay graduated from the 3754: 3340: 3283: 3274: 3265: 3260: 3249: 3239: 3230: 3217: 3207: 3202: 3197: 3137:McCarthy, Dudley (1959). 2948:Chapman, Ivan D. 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Index

Iven Giffard Mackay
Painting – Formal portrait of a First World War general in khaki uniform, with red hat band and collar tabs, gold braid and Sam Browne belt.
Grafton, New South Wales
Sydney
Australian Army
Lieutenant general
Service number
New Guinea Force
Second Army
6th Division
2nd Division
5th Infantry Brigade
8th Infantry Brigade
9th Infantry Brigade
1st Infantry Brigade
1st Machine Gun Battalion
4th Infantry Battalion
First World War
Gallipoli Campaign
Battle of Pozières
Second Battle of Bullecourt
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of the Lys
Battle of Amiens
Battle of the Hindenburg Line
Second World War
Operation Compass
Battle of Greece
Salamaua–Lae campaign
Huon Peninsula campaign

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