Question: Facts: - death place: melbourne , victoria - caption: sir john monash c. 1920s - death date: 8 october 1931 - allegiance: australia 1903 - commands: australian 6 -rrb- grand officer of the legion of honour -lrb- corps france -rrb- croix de guerre -lrb- france -rrb- grand officer -lrb- of the order of the crown -lrb- belgium -rrb- croix 1918 de guerre -lrb- belgium -rrb- distinguished service medal -lrb- united -rrb- states -rrb- mentioned in despatches -lrb- - birth date: 27 june 1865 - serviceyears: 1884 -- 1920 - name: sir john monash - branch: australian army - laterwork: manager 31 -rrb- vice-chancellor university of melbourne -lrb- 1923 -- 31 state -rrb- electricity commission of victoria -lrb- 1920 -- - image: john monash 1.jpg - birth place: melbourne , victoria - rank: general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john monash .
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general sir john monash -lrb- ; 27 june 1865 -- 8 october 1931 -rrb- was a civil engineer and an australian military commander of the first world war .he commanded the 13th infantry brigade before the war and then , shortly after its outbreak , became commander of the 4th brigade in egypt , with whom he took part in the gallipoli campaign .in july 1916 he took charge of the newly raised 3rd division in northwestern france and in may 1918 became commander of the australian corps , at the time the largest corps on the western front .the successful allied attack at the battle of amiens on 8 august 1918 , which expedited the end of the war , was planned by monash and spearheaded by british forces including the australian and canadian corps under monash and arthur currie .monash is considered one of the best allied generals of the first world war and the most famous commander in australian history .