Already standing tall with the help of a chair, who could have foretold that this little chap would grow up to become a great general, General Sir John Monash, whose bold new methods helped turn the tide against Germany? After commanding ten divisions of Australian, Canadian, American and British troops and saving so many Allied soldiers from the stalemate and slaughter, George V knighted him in the field at Amiens, which no monarch had done since George II. In 2015 the State Library will be showcasing its huge collection of World War 1 Australiana, for the Centenary commemoration of the Great War For more information on this great Australian, see: www.monash.edu.au/about/who/history/sir-john-monash.html adb.anu.edu.au/biography/monash-sir-john-7618 Format: Photograph Find more detailed information about this photograph: www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?i... Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au