James Harrison (Australian governor)
- James Harrison (Australian governor)
Major General Sir James William Harrison KCMG CB CBE (25 May 1912–16 September 1971) was an Australian military officer and the first Australian-born Governor of South Australia.
James Harrison was born at Camperdown, Victoria, the second child of Victorian-born parents James Samuel Harrison, farmer, and his wife Mary Eleanor, née Harlock. He was educated at Geelong College and the Royal Military College, Duntroon, where he graduated in 1932 as an artillery specialist.
He had a varied military career, culminating in becoming a member of the Military Board, as quartermaster-general (1962-63) and adjutant-general (1963-66), and head of Eastern Command, Sydney (from 1966).
He was sworn in as Governor of South Australia on December 4, 1968. His term was unremarkable. Don Dunstan later concluded: 'Sir James fulfilled his role as Governor quietly and in the traditional way, and left little mark on the State'. In 1969 and 1970 both he and his wife were hospitalised, in his case with a coronary occlusion. In 1971 he and his wife set off on an overseas holiday. Sir James died suddenly on 16 September 1971 while flying to Honolulu. He was survived by his wife and two sons, and he was cremated.
Honours
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1953 and promoted to Commander (CBE) in 1958.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) in January 1968, and knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in October 1968.
External links
* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140458b.htm ADB entry]
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