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Old 20-06-2008, 11:48 AM   #2 (permalink)
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A tremendous worker, with a keen sense of humour and a quick understanding of men, he was, according to Bean, 'one of those officers whose bravery was conspicuous even according to the standards by which gallantry was judged in the early days at Anzac'. Twice in three weeks he was wounded by shrapnel and was evacuated to Egypt on the second occasion. Before the end of May he was back on the peninsula.
Gellibrand, Sir John (1872 - 1945) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

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Major General John Gellibrand, KCB, DSO, DSM: Australian War Memorial
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