Robert Wordsworth
Robert Wordsworth | |
|---|---|
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| Senator for Tasmania | |
| In office 22 February 1950 – 30 June 1959 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 July 1894 Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1947 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Major-General Robert Harley Wordsworth CB, CBE (21 July 1894 – 22 November 1984) was a British Indian Army officer and an Australian politician.
Military career
Born in
Collarenebri, New South Wales, Wordsworth was educated at North Sydney Grammar School. He was commissioned into the Australian Imperial Force on 27 August 1914[1]
as an officer of 1st Light Horse Regiment.
During
6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers in July 1922.[2]
Wordsworth served as Adjutant and later became a Squadron Commander within the regiment throughout the North West Frontier operations from 1930 to 1931.6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers on 11 June 1939.[1]
Wordsworth also served in
Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1945.[8]
Retirement
He retired to Australia in 1947 and became a farmer at
Administrator of Norfolk Island, serving until 1964. Wordsworth died in 1984, aged 90.[9] His son, David Wordsworth, was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council.[9][11]
References
- ^ a b October 1939 Indian Army List
- ^ a b c Indian Army List Supplement 1941
- ^ "No. 30474". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1918. p. 804.
- ^ January 1919 Indian Army List
- ^ July 1930 & April 1932 Indian Army List
- ^ "No. 35628". The London Gazette. 10 July 1942. p. 3054.
- ^ "No. 36642". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 August 1944. p. 3659.
- ^ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1944. p. 4.
- ^ a b c Winter, Gillian (2004). "WORDSWORTH, Robert Hurley (1894–1984)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ Carr, Adam. "1958 Senate election: Tasmania". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ David John Wordsworth – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
Bibliography
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.