Geoffrey Sambell

Geoffrey Tremayne Sambell CMG, Mention in Dispatches (28 October 1914 – 19 December 1980[1]) was an Australian Anglican bishop and World War 2 army chaplain.

Sambell was born on 28 October 1914 at Broadford, Victoria.

[3][4] He began his ordained ministry in Malvern, Victoria, before enlisting in 1942 as an army chaplain,[5] serving during World War 2 with the Second Australian Imperial Force in the jungles of the north western ranges of New Guinea (Service Number VX104114).

[9] Sambell's studies at The University of Melbourne were interrupted by the war, and he graduated Bachelor of Arts after recommencing his studies (as so many did) after the war.

[13] He was Bishop Coadjutor of Diocese from 1962 to 1969 when he was elected Archbishop of Perth[14] and Metropolitan of Western Australia,[15] posts he held to his death.

Ketoba, New Guinea, 1944-01-29. Padre Sambell, Unit Chaplain of 57th/60th Battalion , conducting an impromptu prayer meeting on a track near the Boku River.