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Former governor-general Michael Jeffery farewelled as ‘warrior king’ at state funeral
Michael Jeffery, the long-serving soldier who became Australia’s governor-general and later a fierce advocate for land and environmental rights, has been remembered as a “warrior king” and “truly humble man”.
Key points:
- Former governor-general Major General Michael Jeffery has been honoured at a state funeral after his death on the December 18
- Major General Jeffery was the first career soldier to rise to the position of governor-general, and a fierce advocate for farmers and the rural environment
- He spent the last decade of his life as the first National Soils Advocate, stepping down last year due to ill health
Born in 1937, Major General Jeffery lived a happy, though austere, childhood in the West Australian mining town of Wiluna, before…
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