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"Australia's greatest general?"[edit]

The lead to this article currently claims that Morshead "is considered to rival John Monash for the appellation of 'Australia's greatest general.'" There's no reference for this anywhere in the article, and it's not even specified who considers Morshead to be Monash's rival to that title. Bearing in mind that Monash, unlike Morshead, became a full general and had a town and a university named after him, the claim in the lead should be either deleted or referenced and explained in the body of the article. - Eb.hoop (talk) 16:30, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the comparison to Monash. Please don't add it back without a good source. - Eb.hoop (talk) 17:39, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bad picture caption[edit]

Picture in the Alamein section is captioned: "Morshead (centre) with Winston Churchill (left) and General Claude Auchinleck (right) at the Second Battle of El Alamein in August 1942" What's wrong:

1) First Battle of El Alamein was over by the end of July

2) Second Battle of El Alamein started at the end of October; by this time, Auchinleck was long gone.

Churchill arrived in Egypt August 3 (Nigel Hamilton, The Full Monty, p.479) and was off to Moscow by Aug 12. During this time Alexander was appointed as C in C in place of Auchinleck and Montgomery as Army Commander 8th Army. By the time Churchill returned on August 19, Auchinleck was gone.184.66.110.161 (talk) 01:34, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted. Changed the caption. Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:45, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation[edit]

What is exact pronunciation of his name? Please add the IPA.Propatriamori (talk) 23:56, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Morse (like Inspector Morse) Head. Someone else will need to do the IPA. Cavalryman (talk) 00:07, 7 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]