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General Sir John Monash, GCMG, KCB, VD (27 June 1865 – 8 October 1931), Australian military commander of the First World War, was born in Melbourne, Victoria, to parents of Prussian-Jewish origin. Monash began attended the University of Melbourne in 1893 and studied engineering and later law. He joined a militia unit, becoming a colonel in 1913. He joined the AIF at the outbreak off World War I and steadily rose through the ranks. In May 1918 he was promoted to lieutenant-general and made commander of the Australian Corps. He held several high public office position after the war, he also has a University, City and Freeway named after him. Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery later wrote: "I would name Sir John Monash as the best general on the western front in Europe."