RISHBETH, Oswald Henry Theodore
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, SA, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School, Scotch College, University of Adelaide, University of Oxford |
| Occupation: | Geographer |
| Died: | 1946, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
During World War I, Rishbeth served as an Intelligence Officer in Diplomatic Corps of the British Army, anglicizing his name to Rishbeth. He was posted to the Aegean Sea and was "involved in operations in and around the Dodecanese." Having studied Greek at Adelaide, during the war he was "a member of the British delegation which went to Athens to endeavor to induce King Constantine to join with the allies." As a result, in 1918 he was awarded the order of the Knight of the Savior of the Greek Nation, "in recognition of his services there."
The war provided Rishbeth's introduction to geography and his move away from classics. Rishbeth had been involved in the Geographical Section of the Naval Intelligence Division of the Admiralty, writing "geographical handbooks on various parts of the world." Variants of these handbooks were also used in World War II.
Lieut. Oswald H. T. Rishbeth, B.A., son of Mr H. Rishbeth, of Mount Gambier has been decorated by the Greek government with the order of the Knight of the Saviour of the Greek Nation, in recognition of his services there. Lieut. Rishbeth is at present attached to the British Admiralty in the Royal navel volunteer reserve. He was a member of the British delegation which went to Athens to endeavor to induce King Constantine to join with the allies. Although it did not succeed, the Greeks' appreciation of their effort has now been shown by this recent honor conferred upon members of the delegation. Lieut. Rishbeth is an old Mount Gambier boy, who went home to Oxford and 'took bis degree' there the year war broke out. His brother, 2nd A.M. W. A. Rischbieth, is now at the front, attached to the Australian Flying Corps.
The South Eastern Times Tuesday 2 July 1918 page 3
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