Eric Woodward

Lieutenant General Sir Eric Winslow Woodward KCMG, KCVO, CB, CBE, DSO was an Australian military officer and Viceroy. Following long service in the Australian Army, including terms as Deputy Chief of the General Staff and General Officer Commanding Eastern Command, he was appointed as the Governor of New South Wales from 1957 to 1965, thus becoming the first New South Walesborn governor of the state.

Woodward was born in Hay, New South Wales in July 1899, the third son of Victorianborn parents Albert William Woodward, a cattle station manager, and his wife Marie Woodward, ne Reid. He and attended Toowoomba Grammar School. At school he did well academically, becoming Captain of the swimming team and playing in the First XV Rugby Team. However, due to his familys financial concerns, he was unable to attend university. Therefore, in 1917 he entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon. He graduated and was commissioned a lieutenant onDecember 1920. Woodward first served twelve months with the 7th Queens Own Hussars in India from 19211922.

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