John Dedman
|
The Honourable John Dedman |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Corio |
|
|
In office 2 March 1940 – 10 December 1949 |
|
| Preceded by | Richard Casey |
| Succeeded by | Hubert Opperman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 June 1896 Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Died | 22 November 1973 (aged 77) Canberra, Australia |
| Nationality | Scottish Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jessie Lawson |
| Occupation | Farmer |
John Johnstone Dedman (2 June 1896 – 22 November 1973) was a Minister in the Australian Labor Party governments led by John Curtin and Ben Chifley. He was responsible for organising production during World War II, establishing the Australian National University, reorganising the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and developing the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Dedman represented the Federal seat of Corio, centred on Geelong between 1940 and 1949.
Dedman was born in Knowe, northwest of Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland. He was educated by his father at village schools and Ewart Boys' High School, Newton Stewart. He enrolled in science at the University of Edinburgh in 1914, but was commissioned in 1915 as an officer in the British Army in World War I and fought at Gallipoli, Egypt and France. He then joined the British Indian Army and fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 1922 he resigned and travelled to Australia, where he bought a dairy farm near Launching Place with a friend from school, Walter McEwen. In 1925, he married McEwen's sister, Jessie Lawson.
...
Wikipedia