Reed, Geoffrey Sandford

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From Australian dictionary of Biography: "Five ft 5¼ ins (166 cm) tall and compactly built, Reed had been a keen tennis player as a young man. He belonged to the Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Golf and Adelaide Oval Bowling clubs, and the Commonwealth Club, Canberra. Chairman (1940) of the Red Cross Emergency Service Committee, he was founding president (1963) of the Asthma Foundation of South Australia and a life member (from 1942) of the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia. He was also a Freemason and a grand master (1953-56) of the Grand Lodge of South Australia."

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1892

Birth in Port Pirie -Nurse Bray's Private Hospital- SA, Australia 14 March 1892
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Early education at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, SA, Australia
1913

Tertiary education at Adelaide University, South Australia, SA, Australia 17 December 1913
1914

Associate at Adelaide -Supreme Court- SA, Australia 1914
1914

Admitted to the Bar 25 Apr 1914 at Supreme Court : Adelaide [ SA Australia ]
1918

Military service as Private 18 February 1918
1918

Married 22 Jun 1918 at Methodist Church : Malvern [ SA Australia ]
1920

Barrister & Solicitor at South Australia -- SA, Australia 20 February 1920
1920

Member of Law Society SA since 1920
1928

Lecturer at South Australia -- SA, Australia 1928
1937

Appointed K.C. 1937 at South Australia -- SA, Australia
1943

Judge, Supreme Court at Adelaide -Supreme Court- SA, Australia 1943
1945

Acting Dean at South Australia -- SA, Australia 1945
1949

Director 1949
1953

Appointed K.B.E. 1953
1957

Deputy Governor at South Australia -- SA, Australia 1957
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Griffiths, Thomas Lester
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Military award: British War Medal on
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Associate at Adelaide -Supreme Court- SA, Australia
1970

Death in Calvary Hospital -- North Adelaide, Australia 31 December 1970

Gender

Male

From the archives

News-"Law Society Secretary" 1925 [ jpg ]

News - "Admitted to the Bar" 1914 [ jpg ]

News - "New Supreme Court Judge" 1943 [ jpg ]

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