HERRING, EDMUND FRANCIS

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Among his many public activities, Herring served as chancellor of the Church of England Diocese of Melbourne (1941-80) and as State (1945-68) and national (1958-77) president of the Australian Boy Scout Association (from 1958 the Scouts Association of Australia). President of Toc H Australia (1947-82), he was chairman of the trustees of the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance (1945-79) and the Australian War Memorial (1959-74), and a member of the councils of Trinity College (1919-79), Melbourne Grammar (1939-40, 1941-82), the University of Melbourne (1945-57), and the Victorian Rhodes scholarship selection committee (1923-32). From 1961 a vice-president of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Herring was also chairman of the advisory board of the Council of Christian Education in Schools (1952-82). In 1953 he had led the Australian contingent to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. ADB entry

Book of Remembrance entry

HERRING, EDMUND FRANCIS. 1911.
M.C.E.G.S.; Trinity; Rhodes Scholar 1912; 1st XI, tennis team.
Oxford October 1914, Trooper King Edward 's Hor se; to R.F.A., 2/Lt. 7.12.14; 99th Bde., 22nd Div., with "C" Battery till March 1916 (Lieut. 1.1.16); then with "B" Battery till February 1919 (Capt. 30.4.17, Major 24.11.18); France September-Nov ember 1915; Balkans November 1915- February 1919. D.S.O. gazetted July 1919; M.C. 30.4.17; Despatches March 1919. Demob. England 22.2.19.

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1892

Birth in Maryborough -- VIC, Australia 2 September 1892
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Early education at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Early education at Maryborough High School, 19-35 Palmerston Street Maryborough, VIC, Australia
1912

Awarded Rhodes Scholarship 1912 at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia
1914

Military service 1 October 1914
1917

Military award: M.C. Military Cross on 1917
1919

Tertiary education at New College, Oxford University, University of Oxford, Oxford, England 1919
1919

Military service 22 February 1919
1919

Military award: D.S.O. on 1919
1920

Tertiary education at New College, Oxford University, University of Oxford, Oxford, England 1920
1920

Tertiary education at New College, Oxford University, University of Oxford, Oxford, England 1920
1921

Barrister & Solicitor at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1921
1927

Lecturer in Equity at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia 1927
1936

Appointed K.C. 25 Feb 1936 at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia
1944

Chief Justice at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 10 February 1944
1953

Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England 1953
1973

Tertiary education at Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 1973
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MacKay, Iven Giffard
1982

Death in Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 5 January 1982

Gender

Male