Granville Ryrie

Major General Sir Granville de Laune Ryrie, KCMG, CB, VD (1 July 1865 – 2 October 1937) was an Australian soldier, politician, and diplomat.

He concluded his public service as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1927–1932), the first time the position had been held by someone other than a former prime minister.

[1] At the beginning of the First World War, Ryrie was promoted to brigadier general,[2] and was given command of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, part of the ANZAC Mounted Division.

He was involved in the famous charge of the light horse in the Third Battle of Gaza, in which Australian forces captured the town of Beersheba.

In December 1918 he was made commander of the ANZAC Mounted Division, and in April 1919 was put in charge of the Australian Imperial Force in Egypt.

At the 1922 election the newly created Division of Warringah was carved out of part of North Sydney, and Ryrie transferred there to be succeeded by Hughes.

Ryrie conducting an informal inspection of Australian light horsemen on 9 April 1918, following the first Transjordan attack on Amman
Ryrie in 1932
A WWI German Field Gun near North Sydney Oval. It was unveiled by Ryrie in 1921. [ 3 ]