what role did he play in this war?
He commanded the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force
Arthur Blackburn
After the outbreak of World War II, Blackburn was appointed to command the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force
who was arthur blackburn? A soldier, lawyer, politician when was he born? 25 November 1892 which school or college did he last study in? University of Adelaide when was it founded? 1874 where is it located? On North Terrace in the Adelaide city center is it associated with any wine centre? The Wine Centre offers some of the university's oenology courses can you tell me the names of some famous people who are associated with this institution? Lawrence Bragg, Julia Gillard has the politician taken part in any war? World War II
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Arthur Blackburn [SEP] Introduction
After the outbreak of World War II, Blackburn was appointed to command the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force, and led it during the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the Vichy French in 1941, during which he personally accepted the surrender of Damascus. In early 1942, his battalion was withdrawn from the Middle East and played a role in the defence of Java in the Dutch East Indies from the Japanese. Captured, Blackburn spent the rest of the war as a prisoner-of-war. After he was liberated in 1945, he returned to Australia and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services on Java in 1942.