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'' as "one of the greatest reporters of our day." Monks was married several times, including to the American journalist

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, who divorced him to marry Ernest Hemingway.

References

* https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/noel-monks * "Mr. Noel Monks", The ''Times'', 20 June 1960, p. 16 {{DEFAULTSORT:Monks, Noel 1907 births 1960 deaths Australian journalists British journalists Australian war correspondents British war correspondents