Southee, Ethelbert Ambrook

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Senior athletic champion (1907) of his high school, Southee had won the Australian long-jump championship (1911), gained Blues for Rugby Union football and athletics at the universities of Sydney and Oxford, and become 100-metres champion of the allied forces in Italy (1919). From ADB entry

Book of Remembrance entry

O.B.E., B.Sc., B.Sc.Agr.; M.A. (Oxon.), F .L .S .: Major, 23rd Divisional Train, B.E.F., France and Italy. Enlisting in Oxford in September, 1914, was commissioned to 7th Oxford and Bucks. Light Infantry but transferred to R.A.S.C. in October. Crossing in May, 1915, served in France till 1917 and in Italy till early 1919. Returning to England, was demobilised in November and spent a year in U.S.A., arriving in Australia in February, 1921. Promoted captain, 1st February, 1916, and later acting major. Awarded O.B.E. in 1919 and Mentioned in Despatches twice. Rhodes Scholar, 1913. Principal, Hawkesbury Agricultural College. Early education at Cootamundra Public and Sydney High Schools.

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1890

Birth in Cootamundra -- NSW, Australia 6 August 1890
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Early education at Cootamundra Public School, Cootamundra, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Sydney Boys High School, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
1912

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1912
1914

Enlisted 1 Sep 1914 at Oxford [ England ]
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Military service as Major at France --, France ; Italy --, Italy
1918

Married 12 Jun 1918 at St Stephen's Church : Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
1919

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1919
1919

Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England 19 June 1919
1919

Military award: O.B.E. on 1919
1919

Member of Linnean Society London since 1919
1919

Lived at 1919 - 1921 @ Cornell University : Ithaca [ New York USA ]
1920

Tertiary education at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA 1920
1921

Principal at Richmond -Hawkesbury Agricultural College- NSW, Australia 1 February 1921
1923

Member of Royal Agricultural Society NSW since 1923
1935

Member of Australian Institute of Agricultural Science since 1935
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Commemorated at Southee Horticultural Pavilion : Sydney Showground [ Homebush Australia ]
1967

Death in Newport -- NSW, Australia 27 December 1967

Gender

Male

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