Template:Did you know nominations/Des Corcoran

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 22:44, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Des Corcoran

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• ... that South Australian Labor premier Des Corcoran was mentioned in despatches for courage and skill in evacuating casualties during the Korean War? Source: Australian War Memorial records
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Improved to Good Article status by Peacemaker67 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:06, 30 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Des Corcoran; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Hook is sufficiently interesting, but quoting and adding "in evacuation" or "in evacuating casualties" might make it more interesting. —siroχo 10:16, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

• Thanks siro, have made that change. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 11:35, 30 July 2023 (UTC)