SHEDDON, Frederick Geoffrey

 Person: id 81787
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World War I
Family name
SHEDDON
Given name(s)
Frederick Geoffrey
Initials
F.G.
Honorific
Sir
Gender
Male
Early education
SHEDDON, F.G. : Kyneton State SchoolSHEDDON, F.G. : Kyneton Grammar School
Tertiary education
SHEDDON F.G. : Military Science.Imperial Defence College (IDC), 1927, Imperial Defence CollegeSHEDDON F.G. : Economics.B.Com, 1932, University of Melbourne
Education notes
War interrupted Legal Studies. Part time study for BComm whist working in Finance branch of Dept Defence.
Birth
SHEDDON F.G. : Life.Birth 8 Aug 1893 - @ Kyneton [ VIC Australia ]
Military service
SHEDDON F.G. : Military and health.Served: Lieutenant [ London ] 19 Mar 1917 - 24 Dec 1917SHEDDON F.G. : Military and health.Served: Acting Paymaster 1 Aug 1917 - 24 Dec 1917
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
SHEDDON F.G. : Clerk 1 Mar 1910 - Department of Defence @ Victoria Barracks [ Melbourne, VIC Australia ]SHEDDON F.G. : Secretary 1 Oct 1929 - Defence Committee @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]SHEDDON F.G. : Secretary 17 Nov 1937 - 1956 Department of Defence @ Canberra [ ACT Australia ]
Other events
SHEDDON F.G. : Specific terms.Studied financial administration 1928 - @ London [ England ]SHEDDON F.G. : Specific terms.Attended League of Nations Disarmament Conference 1932 - @ Geneva [ Switzerland ]SHEDDON F.G. : Specific terms.Secretary Australian delegation World Monetary and Economic Conference 1933 - @ London [ England ]SHEDDON F.G. : Specific terms.Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire 1933SHEDDON F.G. : Specific terms.Appointed K.C.M.G. 1943
Death
SHEDDON F.G. : Death 8 Jul 1971 @ East Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]
OCRd book entry or other narrative
Not listed in the Roll of Active Service.
Visible notes
In 2009 a street in the Canberra suburb of Casey was named Sheddon Street in his honour.
ADB Entry ID
11670
Discovering Anzacs
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Australian War Memorial
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