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Did you know... that Caleb Grafton Roberts, head of the Second World War Allied Intelligence Bureau, was a highway engineer before the war?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 01:22, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Caleb Grafton Roberts the Australian director of military intelligence during the Second World War was a highway engineer before the war? "Roberts was promoted to highway engineer in 1928 ... he was gazetted acting major on 25 September 1939 and called up for full-time duty ... While serving at Army Headquarters, Melbourne, he was raised to temporary colonel and made director of military intelligence in February 1942." from Puglisi, A. (Len). "Roberts, Caleb Grafton (1898–1965)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 7 February 2021.<
- ALT1:... that Caleb Grafton Roberts, head of the Second World War Allied Intelligence Bureau, was a highway engineer before the war? as above plus "On 1 July 1942 Roberts was appointed controller of the Allied Intelligence Bureau at Douglas MacArthur's General Headquarters, South-West Pacific Area." from the same source

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2001 Football League Second Division play-off Final

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:21, 10 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Accept ALT1 The article was created on the 7th, so is new enough. It is more than long enough (though i'd suggest shortening the lede a bit, it restates a bit too much of the article body for its length). The article reads neutrally, is cited properly, and has no meaningful copyvio issues after using the tool. I'd go with the Alt1 hook for its wording and it is short enough and interesting enough. The QPQ has also been done already. Looks good to go. Silver seren^C 01:11, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]