 No reference to the staff work of the Australian Corps during the period of my command would be complete without a tribute to the work and personality [ of ] Brigadier General T. A. Blamey , my Chief of Staff . He possessed a mind cultured far above the average , widely informed , alert and prehensile . He had [ an ] infinite capacity for taking pains . A Staff College graduate , but not on that account a pedant , he was thoroughly versed in the technique of staff work , and in the minutiae of all procedure . 
