GULLETT, Henry Baynton Somer
| Service Number: | 372606 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 October 1938 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 16 December 1914 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar, Geelong Grammar, Sorbonne, Oxford (BA) |
| Occupation: | Politician and diplomat |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia , 24 August 1999, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gungahlin Cemetery, Australian Capital Territory |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Oct 1938: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, 372606, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, 372606, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Johnson
Henry “Jo” Gullett described John Gellibrand as “A most competent, and what is less usual in very senior officers, a most popular commander with all who served under him. After the first war, he had been chief of police in Victoria, and after retiring from this office, he had won a seat in the federal parliament. In the house, he spoke very seldom, but was appreciated for his wisdom and his interjections. Once when a member was deploring the rise in the cost of living which he attributed to shortcomings of the government, he illustrated his point by claiming that the price of a haircut had risen in a short period from six months to one shilling. This member was a very bald man. “If the honorable member wished to have his haircut, Mr. Speaker,“ mildly interposed Sir John’s well-modulated voice, “he would need to remove his trousers.“
“Good Company” page 125,
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