Victor Marra Newland

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Victor Marra Newland
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for North Adelaide
In office
8 April 1933 19 March 1938
Servingwith Shirley Jeffries
Military service
AllegianceAustralia
United Kingdom
Branch/service Australian Army
British Army
Years of servicec.1899–1901
1914–1918
Rank Major
UnitSecond South Australian Mounted Rifles
King's African Rifles
Battles/wars Second Boer War
First World War
Awards Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Mentioned in Despatches (3)

Victor Marra Newland, OBE , MC , DCM (18 August 1876 – 12 January 1953) was an Australian army officer and politician. He served in the Second Boer War and with the King's African Rifles in the First World War, was decorated for his service in each, and 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.

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Early life and career

Newland was born at Marra station, near Wilcannia, New South Wales, the third son of Simpson Newland (1835–1925) and his wife Jane Isabella Newland, née Layton (c. 1850 – 11 January 1939). He was educated at Queen's School, North Adelaide, and St. Peter's College, and was a member of the Modern Pickwick Club. [1] He joined the South Australian Mounted Rifles and sailed to South Africa with the second contingent of the Light Horse and served in the Boer War. He was mentioned in despatches, and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps. [2]

After the war he remained in Africa. He acted as manager for a land and stock agency in Nairobi, British East Africa (now Kenya) in 1903, then two years later with fellow South Australian Leslie Jefferis Tarlton (1877–c. 1950) he formed Newland, Tarlton & Co. Ltd., organizing big-game safaris for wealthy patrons, including Theodore Roosevelt in 1909–1910. Newland was a president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, a member of the Kenya's Legislative Council, and chairman of the Nairobi Town Council. [2]

First World War and politics

He was holidaying in Australia at the outbreak of the First World War, and returned to Kenya. He joined the King's African Rifles and fought in the German East Africa campaign, attaining the rank of major and winning the Military Cross. [3] He was also appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and mentioned in despatches twice. [2] [4]

Newland returned to Adelaide where in 1923 he was made a member of the Stock Exchange, and three years later became a partner in the firm of Newland and Hunter. [2] Almost up to the time of his death, his interests and his influence remained widespread. Their home for many years was at 34 Molesworth Street, North Adelaide.

In 1933 he was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly as the Liberal and Country League (LCL) member for North Adelaide, serving until 1938. [5]

He was buried at Victor Harbour. [6]

Other interests

Family

Rev. Ridgway William Newland (c. 1788 – 8 March 1864) was married to Martha Newland, née Keeling (c. 1797 – 13 April 1870), arrived in South Australia with six children aboard Sir Charles Forbes in June 1839.

  • Col. Henry Simpson Newland CBE, DSO (1873–1969)
  • Philip Mesmer "Phil" Newland (2 February 1875 – 11 August 1916), noted cricketer
  • Victor Marra Newland OBE MC DCM (1876 – 12 January 1953) married Elsie Margaret Porter (1879 – 11 February 1950) on 20 April 1909. Their family included:
  • Margaret Elizabeth Jean Newland (10 January 1910 – 1988) married Richard Hampden Dutton (6 August 1909 – 13 December 1940), son of Henry Hampden Dutton on 25 February 1933. They divorced in July 1940. She married again, to Sidney Downer (September 1909 – September 1969) on 8 September 1948. They separated around 1960. [7]
  • Elaine Newland ( –1995) married Robert Henry Wreford (1909–1990) on 8 July 1936. He was managing director, G. & R. Wills from 1961; lived in North Adelaide.
  • Dr. Clive Newland (1878 – 25 January 1919) killed when he rode his motorcycle into a railway train.
  • Ralph Dimmock Newland (1880 – 20 September 1933) married Hazel Thornton Creswell (c. 1887 – 4 November 1915) on 7 June 1909. He married Mildred Faith Dinning in 1930.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Jenkin, G. K. (1988). "Newland, Victor Marra (1876–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 11. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 10–12. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. "No. 29926". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 January 1917. p. 1145.
  4. "No. 13355". The Edinburgh Gazette . 22 November 1918. p. 4277.
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  6. "Death of Mr. V. M. Newland". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . 14 January 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 2 December 2016 via Trove.
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