Nationality Australian Occupation Public servant | Allegiance Queensland Australia Name Samuel Pethebridge | |
Full Name Samuel Augustus Pethebridge Born 3 August 1862Spring Hill, Brisbane ( 1862-08-03 ) Died 26 January 1918(1918-01-26) (aged 55) Parents Henry Lander Pethebridge (Father) Service/branch Queensland Marine Defence ForceAustralian Army | ||
Brigadier General Sir Samuel Augustus Pethebridge (3 August 1862 – 26 January 1918) was senior Australian public servant, serving as the Secretary of the Department of Defence in the period 1910–1918. He was acting Secretary for Sir Muirhead Collins (1906–1910). He was also a military administrator, and an army officer.
Pethebridge died, in office and holding rank as brigadier general, in 1918 aged fifty-five, and was buried at Box Hill Cemetery, Melbourne.
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