Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Arthur Blackburn

Arthur Blackburn

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 23, 2021 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  15:33, 14 June 2021 (UTC)



Arthur Blackburn was an Australian soldier, lawyer, politician, and recipient of the Victoria Cross. Enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in 1914, he fought with his unit throughout the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, during which he was commissioned. In France on 23 July 1916, during the Battle of Pozières, he led four sorties to drive Germans from a strong point using hand grenades and captured 370 yd of trench. He fought in the Battle of Mouquet Farm in August, then was evacuated to Australia due to illness. He served as a member of the South Australian Parliament in 1918–1921. After the outbreak of World War II, Blackburn led the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion during the Syria–Lebanon campaign in 1941, personally accepting the surrender of Damascus. In early 1942, his battalion was deployed to Java in the Dutch East Indies. Captured by the Japanese, Blackburn spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war. After the war, he served on the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Phillip Davey (another Australian VC recipient) is running on 28 June
 * Main editors: Peacemaker67
 * Promoted: 22 September 2020
 * Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of Blackburn's VC action in 1916 (105th anniversary)
 * Support as nominator. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:31, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment, I'd link sorties. There's also a little bit of prose space left, maybe summarize the "Later life" section a little? Panini! 🥪 11:40, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks Panini!, I have added a short sentence, now 1,017 characters including spaces. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 14:28, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks good.


 * Support. Panini! 🥪 15:06, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:01, 27 May 2021 (UTC)