Donald Charles Cameron

Who was Donald Charles Cameron?

Sir Donald Charles Cameron KCMG, DSO, VD, Australian politician and soldier, was born in Brisbane, the son of a grazier, and educated at private schools. He served with the Australian Army in the Second Boer War, with American forces in China during the Boxer Rebellion, and again with Australian forces during the First World War, finishing the war as a lieutenant colonel.

In 1919 he won the seat of Brisbane for the Nationalist Party of Australia, holding it until he was defeated by the Australian Labor Party in 1931. In 1934 he won the nearby seat of Lilley, but retired in 1937. In 1932 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.