Charles Herbert Locke

Charles Herbert Locke

Charles Herbert Locke OBE (21 September 1910 - 15 May 1977) was an Australian company director, who served as chairman of Tooheys and Lend Lease Corporation, and a charity fundraiser.[1]

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Early life

Locke was born at Turramurra, New South Wales, the fifth of seven children, and was educated at Newington College (1920-1925)[2] and at Wrekin College in Shropshire, England. He worked in insurance before a brief stint as a jackaroo and then with Prudential Assurance where he rose to be Sydney managing agent with power of attorney for the British Equitable Assurance.

Army service

In 1938 Locke was commissioned in the Militia. He was transferred to the Australian Imperial Force in 1940. He was promoted to captain and served with the 9th Division in the Middle East. He was mentioned in dispatches after service in Tobruk and Libya. In 1945 he took command of Z Special Unit and became a lieutenant colonel.

Business career

Returning from the war, Locke again worked in the insurance business and was involved in several Australian companies. He served as chairman of Toohey's Ltd, Lend Lease Corporation Ltd, International Computers (Australia) Pty Ltd and Anthony Squires Pty Ltd. He was a board member of the Australia Hotel Co. Ltd, Peko-Wallsend Ltd, Commercial & General Acceptance Ltd, Australian Equity Corporation Ltd, Permanent Trustee Co of New South Wales Ltd and the local board of Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd.

Personal

In 1936 Locke married Lesley Alison Vine, with whom he had three children (3 sons and 1 daughter). Lesley died in 1972. Locke married Mark Clare Luya Gregory in 1973. He died in San Francisco, California in 1977, victim of myocardial infarction.

Honours

Locke was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1968 in recognition of his services to Cranbrook School, Frensham, the National Heart Foundation, the Children's Medical Research Foundation and the Australian Outward Bound Memorial Foundation.

References

  1. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography: Locke, Charles Herbert (1910 - 1977) Retrieved 7.12.2007
  2. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp120

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