Sapper Hubert Lawrence Anthony
Service #: 521
Summary
Hubert Lawrence (Larry) Anthony (1897-1957), politician and farmer, was born on 12 March 1897 at Warren, New South Wales, son of George Edward Anthony, a native-born labourer, and his Irish wife Honoria Elizabeth, née McNab. Educated at Warren Public School, in September 1911 Larry joined the Postmaster-General's Department as a telegraph messenger. He was employed as a postal assistant at Peak Hill when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 28 October 1914. Embarking for Egypt in December with No.2 Signal Troop, he served at Gallipoli from April 1915 until illness caused him to be evacuated to England in August; he returned to Australia in 1916 and was discharged from the A.I.F. on 4 October.
As a Country Party candidate, he won the Federal seat of Richmond at the 1937 general elections and was to hold it until his death. In October 1940 he was appointed minister assisting the treasurer and the minister for commerce in the government of (Sir) Robert Menzies; in June 1941 Anthony became minister for transport.
He died of cerebrovascular disease on 12 July 1957 at Murwillumbah and was cremated with Presbyterian forms.
Having worked as a clerk and studied accountancy and economics in Sydney, in 1919 Anthony took up a soldier-settler block near Tweed Heads and was a shire councillor (1919-22).
As a Country Party candidate, he won the Federal seat of Richmond at the 1937 general elections and was to hold it until his death. In October 1940 he was appointed minister assisting the treasurer and the minister for commerce in the government of (Sir) Robert Menzies; in June 1941 Anthony became minister for transport.
He died of cerebrovascular disease on 12 July 1957 at Murwillumbah and was cremated with Presbyterian forms.
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Memorial Location
Coolangatta Tweed Heads RSL Roll, Peak Hill Rifle Club Honor Roll, Peak Hill and District Great War Roll of Honor
Buried Location
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Queensland , Garden of remembrance Morial Plaque Wall 9 Row N
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