Edmund Herring

Sir Edmund Francis Herring
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
Died	5 January 1982(1982-01-05) (aged 89) Camberwell, Victoria
Allegiance	United Kingdom Australia
Service/branch	British Army (1913–19) Australian Army (1922–51)
Years of service	1913–51
Rank	Lieutenant General
Service number	VX15
Commands held	B Battery, 99th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 44th Field Artillery Battery 2nd Field Artillery Brigade 4th Field Artillery Brigade 22nd Field Artillery Brigade Australian 6th Division Northern Territory Force New Guinea Force II Corps I Corps
Battles/wars	First World War Western front Macedonian front Second World War Western Desert Campaign Battle of Greece Kokoda Track campaign Salamaua-Lae campaign Huon Peninsula campaign Finisterre Range campaign
Spouse(s)	Dame Mary Ranken Herring (6 April 1922 – 26 October 1981; her death); 3 daughters
Other work	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Lieutenant governor of Victoria

First World War

Second World War

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.