Hugh Gemmell Lamb-Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hugh Gemmell Lamb-Smith

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1889

Place of Birth: Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1951

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hugh Gemmell Lamb-Smith (31 March 1889 – 26 December 1951), known as Gemmell, was an innovative Australian educator who landed at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, on Sunday, 25 April 1915 as a member of the Second Field Ambulance unit, and went on to serve in Europe for the duration of the war.
He also served (immediately post-war) as an AIF Education Scheme Instructor in Belgium.
He was a prominent (lay) member of the Melbourne Anglican community, and he taught at Caulfield Grammar School from 1913 to 1951. "He was a man of wide and sympathetic culture.
In addition to his love for music, he was a discriminating connoisseur of painting, and a devotee of ballet and the theatre.
He was a devoted churchman and interested in manly sports.
Above all, he was an idealist, but, unlike many idealists, he was ready to give practical expression to his ideals." — Webber (1981), p.248