GREEN, Ivor Bren
| Service Number: | 282146 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 14 October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Police and Court Administrator / Commissioner of Police |
| Died: | 10 April 1957, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Jul 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 282146 | |
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| Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 282146 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Tim Hanna
Commissioner of Police, South Australia Police 1950-57.
Biography contributed by Tim Hanna
From North Road Cemetery website:
IVOR BREN GREEN
Commissioner from 1950-1957
Prior to being appointed Police Commissioner, Green had been a member of the administrative staff of the Police Department for 37 years. He was never a police officer.
Born in Port Pirie, he joined the Port Pirie Local Court as a junior clerk in 1913. He transferred to the Adelaide Police Court as a clerk in 1917 , and in 1922 was a relieving clerk of Courts at Port Adelaide. In 1925 he was transferred to Adelaide Local Court as first associate clerk to Judge Mitchell. In October 1925 he became Deputy Clerk of Adelaide Police Court, and appointed Secretary to Police Commissioner Johns in May 1948.
During his time as Commissioner, he was personally responsible for security during the Queen’s visit in 1954.
Ivor Bren Green passed away suddenly at home on 11 April, 1957.
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