HURRY, Geoffry
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 4 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 15 September 1878 |
| Home Town: | Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Died: | Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 7 February 1951, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Kyneton Honour Roll, Kyneton St. Paul's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Law Institute of Victoria |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 38th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Major, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Major, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 12 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 38th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Sep 1918: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of his battalion in action. He showed a fine example to all ranks, and fought his battalion with great skill, contributing largely towards the success of the operations.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 150 | |
| 24 Oct 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 30706 (28 May 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165 (24 October 1918). | |
| 23 Sep 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 38th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Advocate (Burnie, Tas), 9 February 1951.
Lieutenant -Colonel Hurry died in 1951.
MELBOURNE, Thursday. - A former Federal member for Bendigo, Colonel Geoffrey Hurry, D.S.O., died at his home at Kyneton last night, aged 82. Colonel Hurry was commander of the 38th Battalion, A.I.F., in France in 1918, and was in the Commonwealth Parliament from 1922 to 1929. He was born at Kyneton, and practised there as a solicitor until recently. Colonel Hurry was also a former Chancellor of the Diocese of Bendigo, and president of the Kyneton Shire Council in 1902. The funeral will be at Fawkner cemetery at 2.30pm tomorrow.
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