1891 - 1962 (71 years)
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| Name |
John Dudley Gibbs Medley |
| Title |
Sir |
| Birth |
19 Apr 1891 |
2 Keble Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1901 |
Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Residence |
2 Apr 1911 |
Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire |
| Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son |
| Residence |
1922 |
South Yarra, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia |
| Death |
26 Sep 1962 |
Harkaway, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Notes |
- 1st son. Baptised 14 May 1891 at St. Giles, Oxford. Educated at Winchester College (scholar) 1904-10; matric at Oxford (scholar of New College) 1910; 1st class Mods. 1912; 1st class Lit. Humaniores 1914. Cremated at Springvale, nr. Melbourne.
At Winchester was "Prefect of Hall" 1909-10. Elected Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Oct. 1914 but never resided. In the Great War 2nd Lieut. 15 October 1914 in 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion (Territorial) of The Welsh Regiment. Temporary Captain 1915 as a Railway Transport Officer in France. On General Staff in France as A.D.C. to General Sir Tom Bridges (Head Quarters 19th Divn.) Dec. 1915-Nov. 1916. Returned to Ry. Transport Nov. 1916-May 1917. Thereafter in "Grand Quartier General" French Armies in liaison work till Mar. 1919. Temporary Major from September 1918. Medals, 1914 Star, British War medal, Allies (Victory) medal.
Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, May 1919 and was one of the managers of their Australian Branch, Gibbs Bright & Co. 1920-30 (Melbourne 1920-23, Adelaide 1923-25, Sydney 1925-30). Headmaster of "Tudor House" Preparatory School nr. Mossvale, N.S.W. from 1931-38. Elected Vice-Chancellor, Melbourne University in 1938 from which post he retired in 1951. Knighted 1948.
A Trustee of the Australian National Gallery from 1941, and Chairman from 1951. Member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1942. President of the Australian Council for Educational Research 1948. Portrait by Max Meldrum in the John Medley building, part of the Arts Faculty, University of Melbourne.
1 son, David John Medley (United States citizen 1967), m. Ruth Crane and has issue. 1 daughter, Diana Mary m. Francis Barrington Hall, Chief of Protocol, Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Canberra (1978) and has issue.
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| Person ID |
I2068 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
13 Jul 2020 |
| Father |
Dudley Julius Medley, b. 31 Mar 1861, Paddington, London d. 14 Oct 1953, Newbury, Berkshire (Age 92 years) |
| Mother |
Isabel Alice Gibbs, b. 27 Dec 1862, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset d. 17 Apr 1942, Newbury, Berkshire (Age 79 years) |
| Family ID |
F941 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Emmeline Mary Newbolt, b. 5 Aug 1891, Weybridge, Surrey d. 4 Mar 1977, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Sep 1916 |
Southwark Cathedral, Surrey |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F942 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Jan 2018 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 19 Apr 1891 - 2 Keble Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire |
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 | Residence - 1901 - Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland |
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 | Residence - Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 2 Apr 1911 - Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire |
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 | Marriage - 15 Sep 1916 - Southwark Cathedral, Surrey |
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 | Residence - 1922 - South Yarra, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia |
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 | Death - 26 Sep 1962 - Harkaway, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Gibbs Family Tree
