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Tim Fischer Tim Fischer i(A62047 works by)
Born: Established: 3 May 1946 Lockhart, Lockhart - The Rock area, Wagga Wagga area, Riverina - Murray area, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 22 Aug 2019
Gender: Male
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1 2 y separately published work icon Maestro John Monash : Australia's Greatest Citizen General Tim Fischer , Clayton : Monash University Publishing , 2014 8145326 2014 single work biography

'Who was the most innovative general of World War One? For Tim Fischer, the answer has to be Australia’s ‘Maestro’ John Monash, a man who, for all the recognition he received in his lifetime and after, has arguably not been given his proper due.

'Fischer also asks why Monash, Australian Army Corps Commander, was never promoted to Field Marshal, postwar, as international precedent suggested was most appropriate, pointing the finger primarily at the Australian prime minister of the time, Billy Hughes, within a wider context of establishment suspicion towards this son of a German Jewish migrant.

‘A perfected modern battle plan is like nothing so much as a score for an orchestral composition, where the various arms and units are the instruments, and the tasks they perform are their respective musical phrases. Every individual unit must make its entry precisely at the proper moment and play its phrase in the general harmony.’

— John Monash

Publication summary
1 Riding the Ghan Tim Fischer , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sun Herald , 25 January 2008; (p. 12)
1 Yankee Doodles Tim Fischer , 2005-2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 December-10 January vol. 123 no. 6501 2005-2006; (p. 78-79)
1 4 y separately published work icon Transcontinental Train Odyssey : The Ghan, the Kyber, the Globe Tim Fischer , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2004 Z1135343 2004 single work autobiography travel Tim Fischer tells of his adventures on the great railways of the world, as well as describing in technical detail the successes and failures of train travel.
1 The Time Is Right Tim Fischer , 2002 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 January vol. 120 no. 6309 2002; (p. 27)
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