Windeyer family further papers, [ca. 1827-ca. 1990]

fonds

[ca. 1827-ca. 1990]

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings, Ephemera, Nonmusical Sound Recordings

1342047

2.5 metres of textual and graphic material (15 boxes and 6 outsize boxes) - manuscript, typescript, printed
4 sound cassettes

William John Victor Windeyer, born into a legal family in 1900 was a soldier in WWII, a Justice of the High Court, a legal educator and author of legal history. He was attached to the Sydney University Scouts in 1922 and promoted to captain, then major and in 1937 to lieutenant colonel, taking command of the Sydney University Regiment. He commanded the South Australian 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion in WWII, fighting with the 9th Division in the North African Campaign, winning the Distinguished Service Order for bravery at Tobruk, Libya in 1941. He later commanded the 20th Infantry Brigade, fighting in the battle of El Alamein, Egypt where he earned a bar to his D.S.O. He commanded the 20th Brigade in New Guinea and Borneo and was appointed C.B.E. in 1945. After the war he served with the Citizens Military Force and lectured at the University of Sydney while continuing to work as a barrister. He was counsel assisting the royal commission on espionage in 1955 after Petrov’s defection, and was appointed to the bench of the High Court in 1958. He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of British Empire the same year. Windeyer retired from the High Court in 1972.

Reference: Library correspondence file

SERIES 1
William John Victor Windeyer awards, citations, appointments, trusteeships and obituaries, 1918-1987

SERIES 2
William John Victor Windeyer correspondence and papers regarding Citizen Military Forces (C.M.F.) and World War II, 1924-1988

SERIES 3
William John Victor Windeyer correspondence and papers, 1930-1987

SERIES 4
William John Victor Windeyer addresses and publications, 1926-1983

SERIES 5
William John Victor Windeyer papers on law and legal history, 1930-1987

SERIES 6
William John Victor Windeyer ephemera, 1920-1990

SERIES 7
William John Victor Windeyer photographs with miscellaneous letters and clippings, [ca. 1910-ca. 1980]

SERIES 8
William John Victor Windeyer fee books and diaries, 1927-1958

SERIES 9
Jane Windeyer scrapbook albums, 1918-1986

SERIES 10
William John Victor Windeyer sound recordings, [ca. 1977-ca. 1987]

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