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Robert Hunter Weddell

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Appointed: 12 June 1931 to 29 March 1937

Date of birth: 26 December 1882

Place of birth: Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Parents: James Weddell of Maybole, Scotland

Education

  • Geelong College
  • University of Melbourne

Spouse: Flora (née McDonald) - married 15 April 1916,

Children: 1 daughter

Employment history

  • Teacher at Church of England Grammar School, Victoria
  • Teacher at Hawthorn Grammar School, Victoria
  • Resident Master and Captain of Cadet Corps Scotch College Melbourne until 1914
  • 1914 - Enlisted Australian Imperial Force
  • 1914 to 1915 - Captain 7th Battalion
  • Promoted to Major, then as Lieutenant Colonel commanded
  • 7th Battalion at Gallipoli - retired 1917
  • Intelligence Officer Citizens' Military Force (CMF) Perth WA
  • 1917 to 1926 - Inspector-in-Charge Commonwealth Investigation Branch of Attorney-General's Department, Perth
  • 1927 to 1931 - Appointed Government Resident North Australia
  • 1931 to 1937 - Appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory
  • 1939 to 1943 - Recalled to serve with Intelligence Corps Melbourne - retired with rank of Colonel

Honours and awards

  • 1914 to 1915 - Star
  • 1914 to 1919 -  British War Medal
  • 1914 to 1919 - Victory Medal
  • 1939 to 1945 - War Medal
  • 1939 to 1945 - Australian Service Medal
  • Volunteer Decoration (VD)

Subsequent career: Settled in East Malvern, Victoria, Australia