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The Postcard
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John Joseph Ambrose Curtin (8
January 1885 – 5 July 1945) was the 14th Prime Minister of Australia, serving
from 1941 to 1945, and the Leader of the Labor Party from 1935 to 1945. Having
first formed a minority government in 1941, Curtin led Labor to victory (and
majority government) at the 1943 election, which remains Labor's greatest
victory in a federal election (both in the House of Representatives and the
Senate).
Curtin successfully led
Australia through the period when the nation was directly threatened by the
Japanese advance in World War II, and is today widely regarded as one of the
country's greatest prime ministers. With the end of the war in sight, Curtin
died in office on 5 July 1945 and was succeeded briefly by Frank Forde and then
by Ben Chifley.
Ps. Portrait by Anthony
Dattilo Rubbo, 1870–1955
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