Geoffrey Sambell

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{{Portal|Christianity}} Geoffrey Tremayne Sambell CMG, Mention in Dispatches (28 October 1914 – 19 December 1980The Times, 27 December 1980; pg. 14; Issue 60808; col F Obituary The Most Rev G. T. Sambell) was an Australian Anglican bishop and World War 2 army chaplain.

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Sambell was born on 28 October 1914 at Broadford, Victoria.Colin Holden, 'Sambell, Geoffrey Tremayne (1914–1980)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sambell-geoffrey-tremayne-11606/text20723, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 28 November 2018. He was educated at Melbourne High School and studied at The University of Melbourne. He was Deacon in 1940 and ordained in early 1941.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}Padre Geoffrey Sambell http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/religion/display/97533-padre-geoffrey-sambell He began his ordained ministry in Malvern, Victoria, before enlisting in 1942 as an army chaplain,[http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160199b.htm ADB] 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).World War Two Service Veteran Details: Captain Sambell, Geoffrey Tremayne http://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=790403&c=WW2#R He ministered first to soldiers of the 57th/60th Battalion which was raised in VictoriaKETOBA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-01-29. VX104114 CHAPLAIN G.T SAMBELL (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) UNIT PADRE OF THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C46878 and then to the 2/11th Battalion raised from Western Australia.Padre Geoffrey Sambell http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/religion/display/97533-padre-geoffrey-sambell He was an extremely popular padre among the soldiers he served, and with whom he served.Corfield, Robin (1991). Hold Hard, Cobbers: The Story of the 57th and 60th and 57/60th Australian Army Infantry Battalions, 1912–1990. Volume II (1930–1990). Glenhuntly, Victoria: 57/60th Battalion (AIF) Association. {{ISBN|0-646-04099-5}} 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.Sambell Oration http://bsltimeline.pbworks.com/w/page/5584043/Sambell%20Oration

Following the war he became director of the Melbourne Diocesan Centre,[http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1947/V/general/224.pdf Victoria Government Gazette] Director of the Brotherhood of St Laurence.Challen, Michael B. (1986). Occasional Paper — G.T. Sambell Memorial Trust: Parish Piety and Public Pragmatism http://library.bsl.org.au/jspui/bitstream/1/9197/1/challenm_Parish_piety_and_public_pragmatism_the_sixth_G_T_Sambell_Memorial_Oration_1986.pdf He was Archdeacon of Essendon, and then of Melbourne.“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} He was Bishop Coadjutor of Diocese from 1962 to 1969 when he was elected Archbishop of Perth[http://www.perth.anglican.org/web/The_Archbishop_and_Bishops/Previous_Bishops_and_Archbishops/ Perth Anglican] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831160315/http://www.perth.anglican.org/web/The_Archbishop_and_Bishops/Previous_Bishops_and_Archbishops |date=2007-08-31 }} and Metropolitan of Western Australia,Porter, A.E. (1990) Biography of Geoffrey Tremayne Sambell 1914-1980. Archbishop of Perth 1969-1980. [http://www.cwah.uwa.edu.au/theses/mophil Centre for WA history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913004231/http://cwah.uwa.edu.au/theses/mophil |date=13 September 2009 }} posts he held to his death.