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Also known as David John Hurley, His Excellency General the Honorable David Hurley AC DSC FTSE (Retd)

Australian general; 27th Governor-General of Australia

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David Hurley is a male artist born in 1953. His professional work period began in 1972 and ended in 2014. He is associated with the area of Astoria. His musical genres include contemporary folk, country, folk, and singer-songwriter styles. He is also tagged with psychedelic and jazz categories.

Hurley has produced five works listed in Crossref and three works in Open Library. His top works include Love Letters to the Postman, Midnight Man, and Lobster Tales. He has a playcount of 737 and 183 listeners on Last.fm. Additionally, he is referenced by 332 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Love Letters to the Postman
  • Midnight Man
  • Lobster Tales

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Astoria
Active from
1941-12-20
Active to
2025-04-01
contemporary folkcountryfolksinger-songwriter

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
183
Total plays
737

Tags

psychedelicjazz

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/david+hurley">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · david hurley

Key facts

Monarchs
Elizabeth II , Charles III
Prime minister
Scott Morrison , Anthony Albanese
Preceded by
Sir Peter Cosgrove
Succeeded by
Sam Mostyn
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Premier
Mike Baird , Gladys Berejiklian
Lieutenant
Tom Bathurst
Born
David John Hurley , ( 1953-08-26 ) 26 August 1953 (age 72) , Wollongong , New South Wales, Australia
Spouse
Linda McMartin ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 ) ​
Allegiance
Australia
Branch service
Australian Army
Years of service
1972–2014
Rank
General
Commands
Chief of the Defence Force (2011–2014), Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2008–2011), Chief of Joint Operations (2007–2008), Chief of Capability Development Group (2003–2007), Land Commander Australia (2002–2003), 1st Brigade (1999–2000), 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1991–1993)
Battles wars
Operation Solace
Awards
Companion of the Order of Australia , Distinguished Service Cross , Knight of the Order of Saint John

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

General David John Hurley (born 26 August 1953) is an Australian viceregal officeholder and military officer. A senior officer in the Australian Army, he served as the 27th governor-general of Australia from 2019 to 2024. He was previously the 38th governor of New South Wales from 2014 to 2019.

In a 42-year military career, Hurley deployed on Operation Solace in Somalia in 1993, commanded the 1st Brigade (1999–2000), was the inaugural Chief of Capability Development Group (2003–2007) and Chief of Joint Operations (2007–2008) and served as Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2008–2011). His career culminated with his appointment as Chief of the Defence Force on 4 July 2011, in succession to Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “David Hurley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.