Английская Википедия:Alan Stretton

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox military person Шаблон:Infobox AFL biography Major General Alan Bishop Stretton, Шаблон:Post-nominals (30 September 1922 – 26 October 2012) was a senior Australian Army officer. He came to public prominence through his work in charge of cleanup efforts at Darwin in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974.[1] As head of the National Disasters Organisation he managed the evacuation of 35,000 people in six days, including loading a jumbo jet with 673 passengers,[2] then a record for the most people aloft in the one aircraft.

Early years

Stretton was born on 30 September 1922 in Melbourne, Victoria.[3] He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School[4] and Scotch College, Melbourne.[5] After graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, he began his military career serving with the 2/9th Battalion during the Second World War.[6][7]

Football

In 1946 and 1947 he played 16 games of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League with St Kilda, after arriving at the club from Duntroon.[8]

Military career

Stretton served in the army from 1940 to 1978. In the Second World War he served as a platoon commander in the 2/9th Battalion.[5]

In the Korean War he served in the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment from 1954 to 1955. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 13 December 1955.[9] In Malaya he served as the commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1961–63). On 12 June 1965 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[10] He served three tours during the Vietnam War, in 1962, 1966 and 1967. He was Director of administrative planning at headquarters (1966–69), and from 1969 to 1970 he was chief of staff of the Australian forces. On 8 January 1971 was advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his service in Vietnam.[11] In 1970 the South Vietnamese government awarded him the Distinguished Service Order and in 1973 the US awarded him the Bronze Star Medal.[5][12]

During his time in Malaya and Vietnam, without attending a lecture, he studied by correspondence from the jungle and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland in 1966. He was admitted as a barrister in the New South Wales and High Courts in 1969.[5][12]

Stretton was promoted brigadier in 1971 and from 1972 to 1974 was deputy director (military) of the Joint Intelligence Organisation and member of the National Intelligence Committee.[5][12]

Cyclone Tracy and post-military

Stretton was jointly named the 1975 Australian of the Year,[13] with Sir John Cornforth.

He wrote The Furious Days: The Relief of Darwin (1976) and Soldier in the Storm (1978), retiring from public life in 1978. He practiced law in Canberra into his 70s.[5]

In 1999, in only his second visit to the city of Darwin since Cyclone Tracy, he presented his insignia as Officer of the Order of Australia, and his award as Australian of the Year, to the people of Darwin.

In 2003 he publicly criticised the Australian Government's policy of involvement with the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, in an open letter in which he stated: "The alleged connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qa'ida is ludicrous."[14]

He died on 26 October 2012 at Batemans Bay Hospital in New South Wales, aged 90.[1][15]

List of honours

Файл:AUS Order of Australia (military) BAR.svg Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 9 June 1975[16][17]
Файл:Order of the British Empire (Military) Ribbon.png Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 8 January 1971[5][12][11][17]
Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) 12 June 1965[5][12][10]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 13 December 1955[5][12][9]
Файл:Pacific Star BAR.svg Pacific Star [17]
Файл:War Medal 1939–1945 (UK) ribbon.png War Medal 1939–1945 [17]
Файл:Australian Service Medal 1939-45 ribbon.jpg Australia Service Medal 1939–45 [17]
Файл:United Nations Service Medal ribbon.svg United Nations Korea Medal [17]
Файл:Vietnam Medal BAR.svg Vietnam Medal [5][12][17]
Файл:AUS Centenary Medal ribbon.svg Centenary Medal 1 January 2001[18]
Файл:DFSM with Rosette x 4.png Defence Force Service Medal with four clasps For 35–39 years service[17]
Файл:National Medal with Rosette x 2.png National Medal with 2 Rosettes For a total of 35 years service[19][20][21][17]
Файл:Australian Defence Medal (Australia) ribbon.png Australian Defence Medal 2006
Файл:Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon with 60- clasp.svg Vietnam Campaign Medal (South Vietnam)[5][12][17]

See also

Notes

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  3. ↑ STRETTON, Alan Bishop, Who's Who in Australasia and the Far East, Melrose Press, 1989, p.531
  4. ↑ "His Hobby— Alan Stretton with his fantail pigeons at the exhibition of hobbies held at the Caulfield Grammar School yesterday", The Argus, Tuesday, 9 December 1930, p.5.
  5. ↑ 5,00 5,01 5,02 5,03 5,04 5,05 5,06 5,07 5,08 5,09 5,10 Шаблон:Cite web
  6. ↑ Wallace Crouch (31 December 1974) Darwin's Dictator for a week, The Sydney Morning Herald, p.4
  7. ↑ Dickens 2005, p. x.
  8. ↑ Gossip from League Clubs, The Argus (Melbourne), 10 May 1946, p.15.
    Alan Stretton, who will play at centre half-back for St Kilda, gained valuable experience at Royal Military College at Duntroon. He is 6ft lin and weighs 14st 10lb.
  9. ↑ 9,0 9,1 It's an Honour Шаблон:Webarchive – Member of the Order of the British Empire – 13 December 1955
    Citation: ARMY – Infantry – Distinguished service in Korea
  10. ↑ 10,0 10,1 It's an Honour Шаблон:Webarchive – Officer of the Order of the British Empire – 12 June 1965
    Citation: ARMY – Staff Corps – Postwar Honours List
  11. ↑ 11,0 11,1 It's an Honour Шаблон:Webarchive – Commander of the Order of the British Empire – 8 January 1971
    Citation: ARMY – Staff Corps – Vietnam.
  12. ↑ 12,0 12,1 12,2 12,3 12,4 12,5 12,6 12,7 Шаблон:Cite news
  13. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  14. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  15. ↑ John Thistleton (29 October 2012) Vale Major-General Alan Stretton, The Canberra Times
  16. ↑ It's an Honour Шаблон:Webarchive – Officer of the Order of Australia – 9 June 1975
    Citation: AO (MILITARY DIVISION) QB 1975. CBE 1971. OBE QB 1965. MBE 1955
  17. ↑ 17,0 17,1 17,2 17,3 17,4 17,5 17,6 17,7 17,8 17,9 Gwendolene E. Pratt (1987) Portrait of Alan B. Stretton AO OBE LLB, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.
  18. ↑ It's an Honour Шаблон:Webarchive – Centenary Medal – 1 January 2001
    Citation: For service to the community including restoration of Darwin post-Cyclone Tracy
  19. ↑ It's an Honour Шаблон:Webarchive – National Medal – 14 July 1977
    Citation: The National Medal is awarded for diligent long service to the community in hazardous circumstances, including in times of emergency and national disaster, in direct protection of life and property.
  20. ↑ It's an Honour Шаблон:Webarchive – National Medal, 1st Clasp – 14 July 1977
    Citation: The National Medal is awarded for diligent long service to the community in hazardous circumstances, including in times of emergency and national disaster, in direct protection of life and property.
  21. ↑ It's an Honour Шаблон:Webarchive – National Medal, 2nd Clasp – 27 January 1978
    Citation: The National Medal is awarded for diligent long service to the community in hazardous circumstances, including in times of emergency and national disaster, in direct protection of life and property.
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