Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Herring by William Dargie, which won the Archibald Prize in 1945
Born
(1892-09-02)2 September 1892 Maryborough, Victoria Colony
Died
5 January 1982(1982-01-05) (aged 89) Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Allegiance
United Kingdom Australia
Service/branch
British Army (1913–19) Australian Army (1922–51)
Years of service
1913–1919 1922–1951
Rank
Lieutenant General
Service number
VX15
Commands held
I Corps (1942–44) New Guinea Force (1942–43) II Corps (1942)
Northern Territory Force (1942)
7th Military District (1942)
6th Division (1941–42)
Royal Artillery, 6th Division (1939–41)
22nd Field Artillery Brigade (1937–39)
4th Field Artillery Brigade (1934–37)
2nd Field Artillery Brigade (1929–34)
B Battery, 99th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (1918–19)
Battles/wars
First World War
Battle of Dorian
Second World War
North African campaign
Western Desert campaign
Battle of Greece
New Guinea campaign
Kokoda Track campaign
Huon Peninsula campaign
Finisterre Range campaign
Operation Cartwheel
Salamaua-Lae campaign
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Knight of the Order of St John
Efficiency Decoration
Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
War Cross, 1st Class (Greece)
Spouse(s)
Dame Mary Herring
(m. 1922; died 1981)
Other work
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Lieutenant governor of Victoria
Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Francis Herring, KCMG, KBE, DSO, MC, KStJ, ED, KC (2 September 1892 – 5 January 1982) 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.
During the Second World War, Herring commanded the 6th Division Artillery in the Western Desert campaign and the Battle of Greece. In 1942, as a corps commander, he commanded the land forces in the Kokoda Track campaign. The following year, he directed operations in the Salamaua-Lae campaign and Finisterre Range campaign. Herring left his corps to become the longest-serving Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, serving for three decades. In the latter capacity, he was patron of many charitable organisations.
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He was born in Yorkshire, England, on 3 November 1872, the son of EdmundHerring. His family emigrated to New Zealand when he was young and he was schooled...
Stawell KCMG, Sir William Irvine GCMG, Sir Frederick Mann KCMG, Sir EdmundHerring KCMG KBE DSO MC KC, Sir Henry Winneke and Sir John Young AC KCMG QC;...
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Queensland in July, where it came under Lieutenant General EdmundHerring's II Corps. In October, Herring succeeded Rowell as commander of New Guinea Force, and...
South Australia [132] EdmundHerring 1949 In recognition for service as Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria [133] (appears as Edward Herring); also KBE John Higgins...
resignations. Rowell was replaced by Lieutenant General EdmundHerring, a man close to Blamey. Now Herring chose Brigadier Ivan Dougherty to replace Potts. During...
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