Alan Stretton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian rules footballer and general
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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About Alan Stretton
- Major General Alan Bishop Stretton, (30 September 1922 – 26 October 2012) was a senior Australian Army officer.
- He came to public prominence through his work in charge of cleanup efforts at Darwin in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974.
- As head of the National Disasters Organisation he managed the evacuation of 35,000 people in six days, including loading a jumbo jet with 673 passengers, then a record for the most people aloft in the one aircraft.
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