Stanley Savige
June 26, 1890 – May 15, 1954 (aged 63)
Stanley Savige as a captain in the Australian Imperial Force in 1918.
Place of birth	Morwell, Victoria, Australia
Place of death	Kew, Victoria, Australia
Allegiance	Australian Imperial Force
Years of service	1915 – 1946
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	17th Brigade, 3rd Division, I Corps, II Corps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II oNorth African campaign oBattle of Greece oSyria-Lebanon campaign oNew Guinea campaign oBougainville campaign
Awards	KBE, CB, DSO, MC, MID (4)
Other work	Founder, Legacy Australia, Director, Olympic Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd, Chairman, Moran & Cato Ltd., Chairman, Central War Gratuity Board, Commissioner, State Savings Bank of Victoria

Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige KBE, CB, DSO, MC (June 26, 1890 – May 15, 1954), was a decorated soldier of the Australian Imperial Force in World War I, and later a general in the Australian Army during World War II. Sir Stanley Savige was instrumental in the establishment of Legacy Australia (the war widows and orphans benefit fund). is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Captain is a rank or title with various meanings. ... 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Early life

Stanley Savige was born June 26, 1890, in Morwell, Australia. The Savige family arrived in Australia as free settlers in 1852 from Towercester, Northampton, England, and proceeded to clear, farm and settle areas of Victoria such as Narracan, Moe and Morwell in Gippsland and Lake Condah in the Western District. Morwell is a large country town in the Gippsland area of eastern Victoria (Australia). ... Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England on the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire, in the English East Midlands region. ... Moe or MOE may mean: Moé, an anime term used to describe an ideal girl Moe, one of the Three Stooges moe. ... Morwell is a large country town in the Gippsland area of eastern Victoria (Australia). ... John Longstaffs Gippsland, Sunday night, February 20th, 1898, depicting the Red Tuesday bushfires that ravaged Gippsland For the electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, see Division of Gippsland. ...

Stan was the eldest of eight children of Samuel Savige, butcher, and his wife Ann Nora. Stan left Korumburra State School at the age of 12 to work as a blacksmith's striker, and later in a drapery. Showing an interest in soldiering and community work, he served as a senior cadet (1907-09) and scoutmaster (1910-15). Korumburra is a town in Victoria, Australia. ...

World War I

On 6 March 1915, Savige enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. Savige was posted to the 24th Battalion, he landed at Gallipoli in September 1915. After a series of promotions Savige was commissioned at Lone Pine on 9 November, 1915. In December 1915, during the evacuation of Gallipoli, Savige commanded rearguard actions protecting the retreating ANZAC forces. The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was the name given to two all-volunteer Australian Army forces dispatched to fight overseas during World War I and World War II. First Australian Imperial Force (1914-18) Second Australian Imperial Force (1939-45) Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, Australia had a... Gallipoli peninsula (Turkish: ) is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east. ... Lone Pine is a series of childrens books written by Malcolm Saville. ... Gallipoli peninsula (Turkish: ) is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east. ... The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (popularly abbreviated as ANZAC) was originally an army corps of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought in World War I at Gallipoli against the Turks. ...

Savige was shipped to France in March 1916. In May 1916 Savige was intelligence officer at Brigadier General Sir John Gellibrand's 6th Brigade headquarters. Savige served in operations at Pozières and Mouquet Farm in July and August of 1916. He was promoted to captain in September 1916. Major General Sir John Gellibrand, KCB, DSO (5 December 1872 – 3 June 1945) was an Australian Army Major General in World War I and member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Denison as a Nationalist Party member from 1925 - 1928. ... Pozières is a village in Somme, France. ... Categories: Stub | Battles of the Somme 1916 ...

In November 1916 he was wounded at Flers. By December 1916 he was admitted to hospital, suffering from influenza. He returned to his battalion and in February 1917 became adjutant. For his 'consistent good work and devotion to duty' in the fighting at Warlencourt, Grevilliers and Bullecourt, in February to May 1917, he was awarded the Military Cross. Flers is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Flers, a former commune of the Nord département, now part of Villeneuve dAscq Flers, in the Orne département Flers, in the Pas-de-Calais département Flers, in the Somme département Flers... Bullecourt is a French commune in the département of Pas-de-Calais (62) and in the région of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. ... The Military Cross (MC) is the third level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries. ...

Volunteering for special service, Savige was sent to Persia in March 1918 as part of Dunsterforce. Savige won the Distinguished Service Order for protecting refugees while under fire. He was mentioned in dispatches three times. Stanley Savige later he wrote a book about his experiences in Persia,Stalky's Forlorn Hope (Melbourne, 1920). For other uses of this term see: Persia (disambiguation) The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... General Lionel Charles Dunsterville (1865-1946) lead the so-called Dunsterforce across present-day Iran in an attempt to prevent an invasion of India by a combined Germano-Turkish force. ... DSO medal The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ... A dispatch can be: A report sent to a newspaper by a correspondent. ...

Legacy Australia

In 1923 General Sir John Gellibrand founded the Remembrance Club in Hobart. Its aim was to encourage returned servicemen in business. Stanley Savige, a former 24 Battalion Officer who had also served on Gellibrand's brigade staff, visited Hobart in August 1923. Gellibrand urged him to set up a similar club in Melbourne. Major General Sir John Gellibrand, KCB, DSO (5 December 1872 – 3 June 1945) was an Australian Army Major General in World War I and member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Denison as a Nationalist Party member from 1925 - 1928. ...

Soon after Savige's return to Melbourne, a group of ex-servicemen met to farewell one of their number who was about to go to England. Savige used this opportunity to bring up the idea of a club similar to Gellibrand's Remembrance Club. After several informal meetings, the Melbourne club's inaugural meeting was held in ANZAC House in Melbourne. Legacy Australia was founded as a charitable organisation and fund to benefit war widows and orphans. For the next 26 years, due to his commitment, energy and enthusiasm, Savige's name became inseparable from both the club and the movement. Legacy is an Australian organisation, established in 1923 by ex-servicemen. ...

A Lone Pine (tree) was planted Stanley Savige at the Melbourne Shrine Reserve, near the north-east corner of the building at a formal ceremony in 1934. The Lone Pine was the name given to a solitary tree on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, which marked the site of the Battle of Lone Pine in 1915. Lone Pine at Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli The Lone Pine was the name given to a solitary tree on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, which marked the site of the Battle of Lone Pine in 1915. ... Satellite image of the Gallipoli peninsula and surrounding area Gallipoli, called Gelibolu in modern Turkish, (Greek: Καλλίπολις), is a town in northwestern Turkey. ... Combatants Australia Ottoman Empire Commanders Harold Walker Unknown Strength 1 division Unknown Casualties 2,300 6,000 The Battle of Lone Pine, which took place during the Gallipoli campaign, was the only successful Australian attack against the Turkish trenches within the original perimeter of the ANZAC battlefield, and yet it...

World War II

In 1940 Brigadier Stanley Savige commanded the 17th Infantry Brigade in the Middle East Campaign. The Middle East Campaign was a part of the Middle East Theatre of World War II. // This campaign included: The British police actions in Palestine. ...

During the disastorous Battle of Greece in 1941, Stanley Savige commanded Savige Force and it's withdrawal to Larissa, under heavy fire from the invading German Army. Combatants Germany, Italy, Bulgaria Greece, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand Commanders Wilhelm List, Maximilian von Weichs Alexander Papagos, Henry Maitland Wilson, Thomas Blamey Strength Germany: 680,000 men,[1] 1200 tanks, 700 aircraft, Italy: 529,000 men Greece: 350,000 men, British Commonwealth: 58,000 men Casualties Italy: 13,755...

By 1942, the Japanese established major bases on the north coast of New Guinea, including Salamaua, a small administrative town and port, as a staging post for attacks on Port Moresby via the Kokoda Track and the Black Cat Track to Wau. On the Black Cat Track, the Japanese attacked in force, but the Australian 17th Brigade under Major-General Stanley George Savige, held out until reinforcements (The three independent companies 2/3rd, 2/5th and 2/7th) arrived. Port Moresby town Port Moresby, (), population 255,000 (2000), is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ... The monument at Owers Corner Location of the Kokoda Track within Papua New Guinea The Kokoda Track or Kokoda Trail is a single-file track which starts at Owers Corner 50 km east of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea and runs 96 km overland (60 km as... The Black Cat Track is a rough overland route from the Morobe coast in Papua New Guinea at Salamaua to the township of Wau. ... Wau is a town in Papua New Guinea, in the province of Morobe. ...

After driving back the Japanese across the Owen Stanley Range, Australian forces engaged the Japanese in the Salamaua-Lae campaign. The Japanese would be pursued towards Salamaua by the Australian 3rd Division, which had been formed at Wau, under the command of Maj. Gen. Stanley Savige. On August 23, Savige and the 3rd Division handed over the Salamaua operation to the Australian 5th Division under Major General Edward Milford. Combatants Australia United States Empire of Japan Commanders Douglas MacArthur Hatazô Adachi Strength ~30,000 ~10,000 Casualties  ?  ? The Salamaua-Lae campaign was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Australian and United States forces sought to capture two major Japanese bases, one in...

Savige (seated center at head of table), presides as Japanese Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda surrenders Japanese forces on Bougainville on September 8, 1945.

In February 1944, the appointment of Lt. General Sir Edmund Herring as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, led to a vacancy at I Corps (Australia), for which General Blamey nominated both Major General George Vasey and Major General Stanley Savige, but recommended the latter. Army Minister Frank Forde queried Blamey's recommendation, which was very unusual, and asked who was the senior officer. On being informed that Savige was senior to Vasey — although not as senior as Arthur Allen or James Harold Cannan — he dropped his objection. General Douglas MacArthur considered Vasey's supersession "outrageous". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Masatane Kanda (神田正種), 1890 – 1983, was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He served as second-in-command of the 17th Army under Harukichi Hyakutake during the initial period of the Bougainville campaign in the Solomon Islands from 1943 until 1945. ... is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Edmund Francis Herring, KCMG, KBE, DSO, MC, ED (2 September 1892 – 5 January 1982) was an Australian Army officer during World War II, was a Lieutenant governor of Victoria, and was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State... The Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. ... I Corps of the Australian Army was the main frontline corps of the army during World War II. Various Australian and other Allied divisions came under its control at various times. ... Major General George Alan Vasey, CB, CBE, DSO (29 March 1895 - 05 March 1945) was an Australian Army Divisional Commander during World War II. Vasey is argued to be the best divisional commander that has ever been produced by Australia. ... Francis Michael Forde (18 July 1890 – 28 January 1983) was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia. ... Arthur Allen may refer to: Arthur Cecil Allen (1887–1982), British politician Arthur Samuel Allen (1894–1959), Australian general Category: ... Major General James Harold Cannan CB, DSO (29 August 1882 – 23 May 1976) was an Australian Army lieutenant colonel in World War I. He retired in 1946 as a major general. ... General of the Army Douglas MacArthur KCB (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964), was an American general and Field Marshal of the Philippines Army. ...

Lt. General Stanley Savige was commander of all Allied land forces in the Territory of New Guinea from May 6, 1944 to October 1, 1944.

Lt. General Stanley Savige commanded Allied Forces in the Solomon Islands campaign until the close of the war. On August 21, 1945, on Bougainville Island, Lt. General Stanley Savige accepted the surrender of the remaining Imperial Japanese Army fighting the Bougainville campaign (1944-45). The Solomon Islands Campaign was a large series of battles that occurred in the Pacific Theater of World War II. This was the first large-scale campaign in the War in the Pacific, and the victories achieved by the Americans in the battles of this campaign helped secure vital bases... Bougainville and neighbouring islands Bougainville is part of Papua New Guinea and is the largest island of the Solomon Islands group. ... The Bougainville campaign of 1944-45, was a campaign of World War II. The island of Bougainville was of strategic importance to the Allies and Japanese, in both the Pacific Ocean and South West Pacific theatres. ...

In September 1945 he accepted the surrender of the Japanese forces at Torokina.

After the War

From October 1945 to May 1946 Savige served as co-ordinator of demobilization and dispersal.

Stanley Savige died May 15, 1954, in Kew, Victoria.

Monuments

A commemorative bust of Stanley Savige was erected in Morwell in 2006. Morwell is a large country town in the Gippsland area of eastern Victoria (Australia). ...

References

Books

• Gailey, Harry A. (1991). Bougainville, 1943-1945: The Forgotten Campaign. Lexington, Kentucky, USA: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-9047-9. -
• Keating, G. (2006). The Right Man for the Right Job: Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Savige as a Military Commander. South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19555-332-2. -
• MacDougal, A. (2002). Australians at War: A Pictorial History. The Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-865-2. -
• Russell, W.B. (1959). There Goes a Man: The Biography of Sir Stanley G. Savige. Melbourne: Longmans. 

External links

• Legacy Website
• Australian Department of Veteran's Affairs. In the Shadows: Bougainville. Retrieved on Oct 20, 2006.
• James, Karl (2005). The Final Campaigns: Bougainville 1944-1945 (PhD thesis). University of Wollongong. Retrieved on 2006-12-12.
• Keating, Gavin Michael (2002). Savige, Sir Stanley George (1890 - 1954). Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition. Australian National University. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
• Long, Gavin (1963). Volume VII – The Final Campaigns. Official Histories – Second World War. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved on November 2, 2006.