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Today's featured article Ragnar Garrett (12 February 1900 – 4 November 1977) was Chief of the General Staff in the Australian Army from 1958 to 1960. He completed staff training in England just as the Second World War broke out, joined the Second Australian Imperial Force, and commanded the 2/31st Battalion in England before seeing action with Australian brigades during the German invasion of Greece and the Battle of Crete in 1941. Promoted to colonel the following year, he held senior positions with I Corps in New Guinea and II Corps on Bougainville in 1944–1945. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his staff work. After the war, he served two terms as commandant of the Staff College, Queenscliff, in 1946–1947 and 1949–1951. Between these appointments he was posted to Japan with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. He took charge of Western Command in August 1951, became Deputy Chief of the General Staff in January 1953, and took over Southern Command as a lieutenant general in October 1954. He was knighted in 1959. (Full article...) Recently featured: Northern Bank robbery Siege of Baghdad Japanese battleship Tosa On this day... February 12: Lantern Festival in China (2025); Lincoln's Birthday in some parts of the United States; Red Hand Day Edvard Munch's The Scream 1691 – A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII. 1924 – George Gershwin's composition Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York. 1994 – Edvard Munch's painting The Scream (pictured) was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway. 2003 – Protesters in La Paz and the Bolivian government brokered a deal to end two days of rioting against a proposed salary tax. Ethan Allen (d. 1789) Charles Darwin (b. 1809) Bill Russell (b. 1934) Anna Anderson (d. 1984) More anniversaries: February 11 February 12 February 13

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