Victor Marra Newland

Victor Marra Newland

Major Victor Marra Newland, MC, DCM (November 2 1876 - January 12 1953) was an Australian army officer and politician.

He served in the Second Boer War and with the King's African Rifles in World War I. He retired with the rank of major. He was formerly a member of the legislative council of British East Africa, and in 1933 became the representative for North Adelaide in the South Australian house of assembly.

References

*Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Simpson|Last=Newland|Link=http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogN-O.html#newland1
*Jenkin, G. K. [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110728b.htm?hilite=newland Newland, Victor Marra (1876 - 1953)] , "Australian Dictionary of Biography", Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 10-12.


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