Herbert Bullmore

Herbert Henry Bullmore (12 July 1874 – 28 December 1937) was a rugby union player who represented Scotland, a leading physician and the grandfather of Australian media magnate Kerry Packer.

[5] During this time Bullmore continued to indulge his sporting nature, gaining a blue in football and rowing[6] and starring as a sturdy second-rower for the university rugby union team.

[11] While Bullmore retired from rugby, soccer and rowing to concentrate on his medical career, he continued to be involved in sporting interests, including motor cycling, tennis, golf and angling.

[6] Bullmore died suddenly at his residence "Altona" in Point Piper, Sydney on 28 December 1937.

Bullmore's son Herbert James Bullmore was a Flyer-Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force who was killed in action in New Guinea during World War II,[15] while one of Bullmore's daughters was Mary Horden, fashion editor of The Australian Women's Weekly from 1946 to 1957[15] and another was Gretel Packer, the wife of Sir Frank Packer and the mother of Australian media magnate Kerry Packer.