A PUSH to promote General Sir John Monash to the rank of Field Marshal 84 years after his death is gaining momentum, with one of the towns he lived in joining the campaign.
Jerilderie Shire Council at its October meeting resolved unanimously to support promoting the man universally regarded as Australia’s finest military leader and one of the best Allied generals of World War I.
Monash planned the successful Allied attack at the Battle of Amiens on August 8, 1918, which hastened the end of the war.
