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Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963), was a British-born New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient and soldier who later served as the seventh Governor-General of New Zealand. In Italy, he was defeated again at the Second Battle of Cassino as a corps commander, but later relieved Padua and Venice, and was one of the first to enter Trieste, where he successfully confronted Josip Broz Tito's Partisans. By the end of the Second World War, Freyberg had spent ten and a half years fighting the Germans.

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  • Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg
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  • Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963), was a British-born New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient and soldier who later served as the seventh Governor-General of New Zealand. In Italy, he was defeated again at the Second Battle of Cassino as a corps commander, but later relieved Padua and Venice, and was one of the first to enter Trieste, where he successfully confronted Josip Broz Tito's Partisans. By the end of the Second World War, Freyberg had spent ten and a half years fighting the Germans.
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Office
  • Governor-General of New Zealand
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serviceyears
  • 1914(xsd:integer)
  • 1939(xsd:integer)
term start
  • 1946-06-17(xsd:date)
Birth Date
  • 1889-03-21(xsd:date)
Commands
death place
  • United Kingdom
  • Windsor, Berkshire,
escutcheon
  • Or, on a chief sable, four mullets or.
Nickname
  • Tiny
Name
  • The Lord Freyberg
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  • --01-03
Birth Place
Title
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Awards
  • Victoria Cross
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  • Croix de Guerre
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
  • Mention in Despatches
  • Distinguished Service Order & three Bars
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Gold Cross of Valour
  • Greek War Cross (1st Class)
  • Knight of the Venerable Order of St. John
  • Legion of Merit (Commander)
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
  • Grand Commander with swords of the Order of George I
  • Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
term end
  • 1952-08-15(xsd:date)
death date
  • 1963-07-04(xsd:date)
supporters
  • Two salamanders enflamed proper.
Rank
  • Lieutenant General
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