Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria - Redmond Barry, Edmund Herring, List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria, John Harber Phillips (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Redmond Barry, Edmund Herring, List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria, John Harber Phillips, Ninian Stephen, Betty King, John Madden, Marilyn Warren, George Higinbotham, William Foster Stawell, Wilfred Fullagar, Henry Winneke, Edward Williams, John Vincent Barry, William Irvine, William a Beckett, George Kerferd, James Gobbo, Clifford Menhennitt, Leo Cussen, John Winneke, Edward Dundas Holroyd, Kenneth Hayne, Kevin Victor Anderson, John Young, Thomas a Beckett, Richard McGarvie, Alex Chernov, Robert Molesworth, Marcia Neave, Stuart Morris, Emilios Kyrou, Bernard Teague, Chris Maxwell, Murray Kellam, Simon Whelan. Excerpt: Second World War: Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Francis Herring, KCMG, KBE, DSO, MC, KStJ, ED, QC (2 September 1892 - 5 January 1982) was an 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, he 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 at Lae and Nadzab. 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. Edmund Francis Herring, known as Ned to his family, was bo...