Hugh Syme (GC)

Hugh Randall Syme GC, GM amp Bar was an Australian naval officer, bomb disposal operative, and newspaper proprietor. He was awarded the George Cross for his actions in defusing unexploded bombs and landmines during World War II. Syme is one of only two people to be awarded the George Cross, George Medal, and Bar, the other being John Bridge.

He was born in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, and educated at Scotch College and the University of Melbourne. His father, John Herbert Syme was called to the Bar, but instead managed the accounts of the city newspaper The Age which his father David Syme owned. Hugh Syme himself worked on the paper for a time before the outbreak of war.

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