Brigadier Hugh Ronald Officer (1898 - 1996)

 

Brigadier Hugh Ronald Officer, born 31st January, 1898, to Frank Suetonius Officer and Ethel Catherine Marzetti Officer née Umphelby.  His brother and sisters were Sir (Frank) Keith Officer, Elsie Margaret Officer and Jean Catherine Forster née Officer.

 

Below are thumbnails of photographs taken throughout Hugh's life.  Mouse-over the thumbnails to read a brief description of each photograph.  Click on the thumbnail to view at full size, then use your browsers 'back' button to return to this page.  Click HERE to return to the Gallery Index page.

 

Hugh at 9 Months. Hugh at 9 1/2 Months - November, 1898. Hugh in the garden at Mentone. Hugh with his dog in the garden at Mentone. Hugh, c1900. Hugh, c1904.

 

Hugh in the garden at Mentone.

 

Hugh with his sisters, Elsie and Jean, Toorak.

 

Hugh with his sister, Elsie, and their Aunt Grace, née Fitzgerald, wife of Edward Cairns Officer, at Hallgreeen, 1912. Hugh with Zara the guinea pig at Kardinia. Hugh with Sancho, the dog and Olivia, the horse at Kardinia. Hugh in his Melbourne Grammar uniform. Hugh in his school uniform. Hugh as a teenager.

 

Hugh with Binnajig the possum at Kardinia. Hugh with Binnajig the possum at Kardinia. Hugh with Binnajig the possum at Kardinia. Hugh and family camping, Tasmania, c1913. Hugh with friends, back row second from right, in school uniform.

 

From left Ford Guthie, Roy Officer and Hugh in front of Melbourne Grammar rowing shed. Hugh 3rd from left with his rowing crew. Hugh Number 2, Melbourne Grammar 2nd Eight, 1916. Hugh second from left with group of friends. Hugh in AIF uniform on enlistment, WW1.

 

Portrait of Hugh in AIF uniform, 1916. Portrait of Hugh in AIF uniform, 1916. Hugh in AIF uniform, WW1. Hugh and Percy White. Hugh at Brendon, Kooyong, c1922. Hugh with friends at Zintarra.

 

Hugh on horseback at Worrough, Trawool. Hugh at Zintarra. Hugh seated second from right with the Indian Officers football team. Hugh on left with Indian Army officers. Hugh, Elliot and Broadway at Lachi, India.

 

Hugh with his horse, Melbourne in India. Hugh with Melbourne and his men 6,180 miles from London, Tanai-Gulkach Road. Hugh with his Pathans. Hugh with his Pathans on the North West Frontier. Hugh in front row, second from right with fellow Indian Army Officers.

 

Hugh, Indian Army. Portrait of Captain Hugh Officer, Indian Army. Portrait of Major Hugh Officer, Indian Army. Hugh at desert camp, India. Hugh with a buddy in India. Army Portrait of Hugh.

 

Army Portrait of Hugh.

 

Hugh in front row, wearing beret with the 61st Indian Provost Group. Hugh in beret inspecting his men. Hugh in beret and short sleeves at a march past.

 

Hugh back in civies, Melbourne. Hugh back in civies, Melbourne. Hugh back in civies, Melbourne. Hugh back in civies, Melbourne. Hugh with his niece, Mary.

 

Hugh on furlough with the Cunninghams. Hugh at Zintarra on furlough. Hugh having a refreshing swim. Hugh with his neice, Mary. Hugh standing third from right with a Bird Watching group.

 

Hugh up to his middle to catch that bird! Hugh with George Hale, Tasmania, 1953. Hugh with George Hale, Tasmania, 1953. Hugh in front of the Hobart Club, 1953. Hugh with friend on left in front of their cabin on a bird watching trip, Tasmania.

 

Hugh on left, bird watching. Hugh on a bird watching trip to Tasmania. Hugh on a bird watching trip to Tasmania. Portrait of Hugh. Hugh with his older sister, Jean. Hugh at the home of his mother, Darkwater

 

Hugh with his older brother, Keith Melbourne, 18th February, 1956. Keith with his older sister, Jean.

 

Hugh with his mother, Ethel Catherine Marzetti Officer and neice, Mary at Darkwater in the UK. Hugh with his brother and sister, Keith and Jean. Hugh at a Club party. Hugh, later in life.

 

This photo, taken by Anne Raymond when Hugh was 90, appears in the journal, The Bird Observer, when she wrote his obituary 8 years later.

 

 

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