Edmund Herring
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Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Francis Herring, was a senior Australian Army officer during the Second World War, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
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25-pounder gun crew of the 2/1st Field Artillery Regiment at Bardia
Members of the 6th Division march past Major General Herring at Darwin during 1942
Herring (second from left) in Papua in October 1942 with General Douglas MacArthur (centre) and Major General Arthur Samuel Allen (right)
Herring (left) with other senior Australian officers in the Ramu Valley of New Guinea in October 1943
Lady Herring (with hat) looks on as Sir Edmund Herring, the new Chief Justice of Victoria, greets guests at an informal reception in his rooms. Major General C. E. M. Lloyd, Adjutant General, congratulates Herring on his appointment.Awards 5
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Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Francis Herring, was a senior Australian Army officer during the Second World War, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. A Rhodes scholar, Herring was at New College, Oxford, when the First World War broke out and served with the Royal Field Artillery on the Macedonian front, for which he was awarded the Military Cross and Distinguished Service Order. After the war he carved out a successful career as a barrister and King's Counsel. He also joined the Australian Army, rising to the rank of colonel by 1939.
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