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