Hubert Leonard Murray
Australian public servant and colonial administrator
About Hubert Leonard Murray
Lived 1886 – 1963 (aged 76–77). Hubert Leonard Murray was an Australian civil servant and colonial administrator.
Hubert Leonard Murray (13 December 1886 – 10 December 1963) was an Australian colonial administrator who served as Administrator of Papua between 1940 and 1942
Biography Murray was born in Watsons Bay, New South Wales in 1886 to James Aubrey Gibbes Murray and Marian Edith Murray (née Lewis).
The nephew of Hubert Murray, who was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Papua in 1908, Murray also moved to Papua in 1909 to become his uncle's assistant private secretary.
Murray was appointed Resident Magistrate in 1940, before succeeding his uncle as Lieutenant Governor later in the year, with the post renamed to "Administrator". where he joined the General Headquarters of the Allied Geographical Section.
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Who was Hubert Leonard Murray?
Australian public servant and colonial administrator (1886-1963)
When was Hubert Leonard Murray born?
Hubert Leonard Murray was born on 13 December 1886.
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Hubert Leonard Murray died in 1963.
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Hubert Leonard Murray was a civil servant and colonial administrator.
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Hubert Leonard Murray was Australian.
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· Wikipedia: Hubert Leonard Murray
· DBpedia: Leonard Murray (administrator)
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