Harold Cohen (politician)

Harold Cohen
Solicitor-General of Victoria
In office
20 March – 2 April 1935
Minister of Public Instruction
In office
20 March – 2 April 1935
Assistant Treasurer of Victoria
In office
May 1932 – March 1935
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Caulfield
In office
2 March 1935 – 11 June 1943
Preceded bySir Harold Luxton
Succeeded byAndrew Hughes
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne South Province
In office
June 1929 – February 1935
Serving with Sir Frank Clarke
Preceded byNorman Falkiner
Succeeded byArchibald Crofts
Personal details
Born(1881-11-25)25 November 1881
St Kilda, Victoria
Died29 October 1946(1946-10-29) (aged 64)
South Melbourne, Victoria
Resting placeMelbourne General Cemetery
Political partyNationalist Party (1929–31)
United Australia Party (1931–43)
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Military service
AllegianceAustralia
Branch/serviceAustralian Army
Years of service1901–1944
RankBrigadier
Commands2nd Infantry Brigade (1926–27)
4th Divisional Artillery (1921–26)
6th Field Artillery Brigade (1915–19)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration
Mentioned in Despatches (3)

Brigadier Harold Edward Cohen, CMG, DSO, VD (25 November 1881 – 29 October 1946) was an Australian soldier, lawyer and, like his grandfather Edward Cohen, a Victorian State politician.[1]

  1. ^ Falk, Barbara (1981). "Cohen, Harold Edward (1881–1946)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 53–54. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.