16 Facts About Roden Cutler

Roden Cutler studied economics during the night at the University of Sydney and joined the Sydney University Regiment in 1936.

On 10 November 1939, Roden Cutler was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Sydney University Regiment.

Roden Cutler enjoyed all sports, especially riding, rifle shooting and water polo, and was awarded a University Blue in swimming.

Roden Cutler received the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Merdjayoun-Damour area, and was medically discharged in 1942.

Roden Cutler had been ordered to establish an outpost from which he could register the only road by which the enemy transport could enter the town.

Roden Cutler was forced to go to ground, but after dark succeeded in making his way through the enemy lines.

Roden Cutler acted as Secretary-General of the South-East Asia Council of Ministers meeting in Canberra in January 1957 and became Chief of Protocol of the Department of External Affairs.

Roden Cutler was State President of the Returned Services League in 1958.

Roden Cutler was further honoured as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1970.

Roden Cutler was appointed a Knight of the Order of Australia in 1981.

Roden Cutler was scheduled to act during November 1975, when Kerr had planned an overseas holiday.

Roden Cutler later said that, had he been Administrator at the time, he would certainly have accepted his prime minister's advice and he would have allowed the parliament to resolve the issue without recourse to any such drastic action as dismissal.

Roden Cutler co-operated with the popular Australian novelist Colleen McCullough on a biography, Roden Cutler, VC, which appeared in 1998.

Roden Cutler died on 22 February 2002 following a long illness.

Roden Cutler was accorded the rare honour of a State Funeral on 28 February 2002 by the New South Wales Government.

Roden Cutler died on 8 November 1990 at St Vincent's Hospital.