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2 unusual facts about Colin Rankin


Colin Rankin

During World War I Rankin served briefly in 1915 with the Australian Imperial Force in Egypt before appointment to command the 11th Brigade in the newly formed 3rd Division, as temporary brigadier general from 1 May 1916.

On Salisbury Plain in England, he was dismissed by Major General Sir John Monash as "incapable".



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