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Hubert Roy Scotney (1903-1981), Salvation Army officer, was born on 16 October 1903 at
After living at Albion,
People working under Scotney found his standards difficult to achieve but his superiors recognised his efficient leadership. His first international job, chief secretary (second in command) for the
Scotney had a strong interest in Salvation Army doctrine and history, frequently lecturing to groups such as cadets in training. For example, in his article, 'The Year of Multiple Births', in the Officer (March 1979), he drew attention to Salvation Army activity in
Upright and inclined to puritanism, Scotney did not shirk in his duty: he gave an address to the State Congress in 1972, which was reported by one Sydney newspaper under the heading 'Salvation Army Officer Says We’re Sex Mad', although it was formally titled 'Salvationist Ethics in a Secular Society' and dealt with a variety of topics; another article in the War Cry (June 1974) was entitled 'A Plug for The Puritans'. Scotney and his wife were both good musicians. Predeceased by a daughter (d.1932) and a son (d.1942) and survived by his wife and two sons, he died on 29 April 1981 at Campsie, Sydney, and was buried in Rookwood cemetery.
George Hazell, 'Scotney, Hubert Roy (1903–1981)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/scotney-hubert-roy-15490/text26705, published first in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 18 March 2025.
This article was published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18, (Melbourne University Press), 2012
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16 October,
1903
Echuca,
Victoria,
Australia
29 April,
1981
(aged 77)
Campsie, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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