Dovey, Wilfred Robert
Person: id 2833
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USyd
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World War I
Family name
Dovey
Given name(s)
Wilfred Robert
Initials
W.R.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Education notes
ADB entry says studied LLB at UQ but no record of attendance checked by UQ archives
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
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K.C., B.A. : Sergeant, A.N. and M.E.E., New Guinea. Enlisting 11th August, 1914, and sailing on 18th, served as Native Police Master, Rabaul, till invalided to Australia and discharged 19th April, 1915. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later one year in Law.
Narrative
His fine presence, which was enhanced by a monocle, and his rich voice, which conveyed a Shakespearian vocabulary, brought Dovey success at the Bar and he was appointed K.C. in 1935. He was involved professionally in many highly publicized Federal and State royal commissions and inquiries, including those on doctors' remuneration for national insurance (1938), on the detention of members of the Australia First Movement (1944) and on the liquor laws (1951-52). He appeared as prosecutor against Sydney newspapers (1944), C. H. Cousens (1946), General H. G. Bennett (1946), S. M. Falstein (1947), L. L. Sharkey (1949) and miners' officials (1949). ADB
Visible notes
Daughter Margaret marries Edward Gough WHITLAM
Internal notes
ADB entry says studied LLB at UQ but no record of attendance checked by UQ archives
ADB Entry ID
10039
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