Word: bennett
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little disturbed that there may be an impression through the reading of [TIME, March 9] . . . that Major General Gordon Bennett was felt to have deserted...
Major General Bennett...
...such suggestion has of course been made in Australia or, so far as I am aware, elsewhere, and I am sure that no such implication is intended in TIME's release. The editors may, however, feel it worth while, since Major General Bennett is likely to be in the news again shortly as the result of appointment (not yet announced) to a responsible position, to quote, in part at least, the enclosed statement made by the Australian Prime Minister John Curtin, after hearing Major General Bennett's report. I have been assured privately, by cable from Mr. Curtin...
...Bennett's] leadership and conduct were in complete conformity with his duty to the men under his command and to his country. He remained with his men until the end, completed all formalities connected with the surrender, then took the opportunity and risk of escaping...
...when General Gordon Bennett flew home, only his family and a few brother officers greeted him in Sydney. In Melbourne the War Cabinet coldly awaited his report. General Gordon Bennett could -and did- sayfor himself that he had endured his men's hell to the last, that he did not leave until after the surrender. It was still not a pretty story...