Ray Tovell
Ray Tovell | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Brighton | |
| In office 10 November 1945 – 27 May 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Ian Macfarlan |
| Succeeded by | John Rossiter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 March 1890 First World War
Second World War
|
| Awards | Mentioned in Despatches (5) |
He was born in
First World War, he served with the 4th Brigade, attaining the rank of major and being awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).[2]
After his return, he was a member of the Tovell and Lucas accountancy firm, but remained in the military, as commanding officer of the 14th Battalion from 1924 to 1930, and the 46th Battalion from 1932 to 1938.
Tovell served on
Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1943.[5] From 1944 to 1945 he was deputy adjutant-general at Land Headquarters, and he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration
.
In 1945, Tovell was elected to the
Liberal and Country Party. As an Electoral Reform Party candidate, he retained his seat at the 1952 state election, but was defeated at the 1955 election, when standing for the Victorian Liberal Party. Tovell died at Brighton in 1966.[6]
References
- ^ "No. 35396". The London Gazette. 26 December 1941. p. 7332.
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13375/page/21
- ^ "No. 35611". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1942. pp. 2851–2857.
- ^ "No. 35821". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 December 1942. p. 5446.
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35908/supplement/858
- ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Tovell, Raymond Walter". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
