1. John Dedman was responsible for organising production during World War II, establishing the Australian National University, reorganising the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and developing the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
11 Facts About John Dedman
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John Dedman was born in Knowe, northwest of Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
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John Dedman was educated by his father at village schools and Ewart Boys' High School, Newton Stewart.
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John Dedman enrolled in science at the University of Edinburgh in 1914, but was commissioned in 1915 as an officer in the British Army in World War I and fought at Gallipoli, Egypt and France.
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John Dedman then joined the British Indian Army and fought in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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In 1927 John Dedman stood unsuccessfully as the Country Party candidate for Upper Yarra in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
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John Dedman was a councillor on Upper Yarra Shire Council from 1926 to 1939 and its president in 1931 and 1937.
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John Dedman narrowly lost Corio to Hubert Opperman in the 1949 election and failed to win it back in 1951 and 1954.
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From 1955 John Dedman worked with the World Council of Churches on the resettlement of refugees.
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John Dedman died in Canberra, survived by his wife, son and two daughters.
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John Dedman was to have the John Dedman Parkway in Canberra named after him, but the road plans were renamed prior to completion as the Gungahlin Drive Extension.