There is a large amount of material available on Thomas Blamey.
The Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey Memorial Fund recommends the following sources:
Books
- Horner, David, Blamey: The Commander-in-Chief, Allen & Unwin, New South Wales, 1988. ISBN 1864487348.
- Carlyon, Norman, I Remember Blamey, Macmillan, Victoria, 1980. ISBN 0333299272.
- Hetherington, John, Blamey, Controversial Soldier: A Biography of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1973. ISBN 095920430X.
- Horner, David, Crisis of Command: Australian Generalship and the Japanese Threat, 1941-1943, ANU Press, Canberra, 1978. ISBN 0708113451.
- Horner, David, High Command: Allied and Australian Strategy 1939-1945, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1982. ISBN 0868610763.
- Horner, David (Ed), The Commanders: Australian Military Leadership in the Twentieth century, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1984.ISBN 0868614963.
- Gallaway, Jack, The Odd Couple: Blamey and Macarthur at War, University of Queensland Press, 2000. ISBN 070223186X.
Articles
- Buchanan, David, ‘Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey and the Exercise of Higher Command in Australia’ in Australian Defence Force Journal, No. 62, January/February 1987, available at
http://www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au/UserFiles/issues/62%201987%20Jan_Feb.pdf - Maitland, Gordon, ‘Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey: Australia’s most promoted but least appreciated soldier’ in United Service, No. 56(2), Spring, 2005.
- Horner, David, ‘Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey and the Australian Army’ in Australian Defence Force Journal, No. 148, May/Jun 2001, available at
http://www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au/UserFiles/issues/148%202001%20May_Jun.pdf - Cooke, K.G., ‘Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey Centenary Oration’ in Australian Defence Force Journal, No. 148, May/Jun 2001, available at
http://www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au/UserFiles/issues/148%202001%20May_Jun.pdf - Bennett, Phillip, ‘Blamey and Training for War’ in Australian Defence Force Journal, No. 148, May/Jun 2001, available at http://www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au/UserFiles/issues/148%202001%20May_Jun.pdf
- Greville, P.J., ‘Blamey and National Security’ in Australian Defence Force Journal, No. 148, May/Jun 2001, available at
http://www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au/UserFiles/issues/148%202001%20May_Jun.pdf - Hassett, Francis, ‘Military Leadership’ in Australian Defence Force Journal, No. 148, May/Jun 2001, available at
http://www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au/UserFiles/issues/148%202001%20May_Jun.pdf - Hasluck, Paul, ‘Manpower Limits on the Australian War Effort’ in Australian Defence Force Journal, No. 148, May/Jun 2001, available at
http://www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au/UserFiles/issues/148%202001%20May_Jun.pdf - Comrie, Neil, ‘Sir Thomas Blamey: Chief Commissioner of the Victoria Police’ in Australian Defence Force Journal, No. 148, May/Jun 2001, available at
http://www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au/UserFiles/issues/148%202001%20May_Jun.pdf - Phillips, P.R., ‘Anzac Values - The Path Travelled and the Road Ahead’ in Australian Defence Force Journal, No. 148, May/Jun 2001, available at
http://www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au/UserFiles/issues/148%202001%20May_Jun.pdf - Blainey, Geoffrey, ‘Causes of War and Peace’ in Australian Defence Force Journal, No 71, July/August 1988, available at http://www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au/UserFiles/issues/71%201988%20Jul_Aug.pdf
- Horner, David, ‘John Curtin as War Leader and Defence Minister’, Public Lecture at the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, Perth, 5 October 2006, available at http://john.curtin.edu.au/audio/01044audio.html
Websites
- Australian Dictionary of Biography available at
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/blamey-sir-thomas-albert-9523 - The Australian War Memorial collection available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10676218/#biography - The Australian War Memorial Guide to the papers of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey
https://www.awm.gov.au/findingaids/private/blamey/ - The First AIF Project available at
https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=24815 - Monument Australia available at
http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/military/display/32499-sir-thomas-blamey - The Blamey Enigma: the Making of an Australian Documentary available at
http://www.ourtom.id.au/ - Wikipedia available at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blamey
Speeches
- Shrine of Remembrance Exhibition Launch - Australia’s Field Marshal
- The Leadership of Sir Thomas Blamey by Emeritus Professor David Horner on 26 July 2016. - Shrine of Remembrance Exhibition Launch - Australia’s Field Marshal
- The Leadership of Sir Thomas Blamey by Thomas E. Blamey (Grandson) on 26 July 2016.
Film Clips
- General Sir Thomas Blamey makes a short address in 1939 available at
http://footage.framepool.com/en/shot/862692078-australian-army-thomas-blamey-australian-defense-force-australian-soldier - British news reel about Sir Thomas Blamey in January 1940 available at
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/in-command-general-blamey-to-lead-australians/query/Blamey - General Sir Thomas Blamey arrives in Tiberias in Palestine in June 1940 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F01039/ - General Sir Thomas Blamey Christmas Message in December 1940 available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y23ySs8KaH0 - General Sir Thomas Blamey and the Honourable Percy Spender in Palestine in January 1941 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C188748 - General Sir Thomas Blamey at Surf Carnival in Palestine in September 1941 available at
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/australian-surf-men-in-palestine - General Sir Thomas Blamey recruiting talk in Palestine in October 1941 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C188767 - General Sir Thomas Blamey and General George Vasey inspect front lines in PNG in 1942 available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxqVLONVEbE - General Sir Thomas Blamey inspects parade of 9th Australian Division in 1942 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F01766/ - General Sir Thomas Blamey inspects parade of 7th Division in 1942 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F01775/ - General Sir Thomas Blamey gives press conference in PNG in September 1942 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C190173 - Generals Blamey and Eichelberger inspect captured Japanese soldiers and equipment at Buna in PNG in December 1942 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C189149 - General Sir Thomas Blamey and Lieutenant General Eichelberger in PNG in 1942 available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nTE9HWwIGU - General Sir Thomas Blamey’s tour of Northern Australia in April 1943 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C190635 - General Sir Thomas Blamey inspecting various units in Western Australia available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F01840/ - General Sir Thomas Blamey and Prime Minister Curtin in Canberra in June 1944 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C189094 - General Sir Thomas Blamey inspects the parade of 2/33 Battalion in August 1943 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C189252 - General Sir Thomas Blamey visits General Sir Iven Mackay in PNG in November 1943 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C189085 - General Sir Thomas Blamey inspects roadmaking by 2 Australian Corps available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYLIO-GXy38 - General Sir Thomas Blamey inspects signallers at Balcombe in September 1944 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F07115/ - British news reel of Sir Thomas Blamey inspecting parade of 6th Division in 1944 available at
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/australian-sixth-division - Australian Troops land at the Tol Plantation in New Britain in March 1945 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F01264/ - General Sir Thomas Blamey inspecting 7 Australian Infantry Brigade in Solomon Islands in June 1945 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C190318 - General Sir Thomas Blamey signs Japanese instrument of surrender on 2 September 1945 available at
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vcnH_kF1zXc - Generals Blamey and Morshead aboard ship during Tarakan operation in 1945 available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwsDdrXRQYE - General Sir Thomas Blamey reviews returning veterans in Sydney in 1945 available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_2-FdDB79U - Guard of Honour for General Sir Thomas Blamey in Japan on 29 September 1948 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C190624 - General Sir Thomas Blamey at BCOF athletics meeting in Japan on 2 October 1948 available at
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/F07507/ - Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey State Funeral in Melbourne in 1951 available at
http://footage.framepool.com/en/shot/105990055-shrine-of-remembrance-thomas-blamey-condoling-state-funeral
