Last Knight

A Biography of General Sir Phillip Bennett AC, KBE, DSO

By: Robert Lowry

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Hardcover | 24 January 2011

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General Sir Phillip Bennett is a good example of what
makes a great leader. With a good combination of innate
personal qualities, education, broad experience and the
hardening that comes with survival on the battlefield he
prospered. As a young officer he survived the first and
most perilous year of the Korean War, including the
Battle of Kapyong. He also withstood the rigours of
battalion command in South Vietnam in 1968-69, including
the Battle of Coral, one of the most intense operations
of the war in South Vietnam for the Australian forces.
Bennett's story is not only one of great battles and
heroic exploits, but also a story of the contest for
`policy dominance'between the civil servants and the
military leadership illustrating what was involved in
forging the foundations of the Australian Defence Force
we have today. He was also a marker of changing times as
the first post-Second World War officer and the last
Korean War veteran to reach the most senior ranks as well
as the last Chief of the General Staff to be knighted. He
was the last knight to command the Australian Defence
Force.
Phillip Bennett's story is characterised by dedication,
tragedy, luck, and great achievement. His career spanned
the evolution of the post-Second World War Army and the
bureaucratic tensions that followed the demise of the
separate departments of Navy, Army and Air Force, the
centralisation of defence policymaking within the
Department of Defence, and the formation of the
Australian Defence Force. This is his life; the story of
The Last Knight

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