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{{short description|Australian Army officer, politician and diplomat}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Sir Roden Cutler
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|VCi|AK|KCMG|KCVO|CBE}}
| image               = VCArthurRodenCutler.jpg
| smallimage          = 
| caption             = 
| order               = 32nd
| office              = Governor of New South Wales
| term_start          = 20 January 1966
| term_end            = 19 January 1981
| monarch             = [[Elizabeth II]]
| premier             = [[Robert Askin|Sir Robert Askin]] (1966–75)<br/>[[Tom Lewis (Australian politician)|Tom Lewis]] (1975–76)<br/>[[Eric Willis|Sir Eric Willis]] (1976)<br/>[[Neville Wran]] (1976–81)
| lieutenant          = [[Kenneth Street (jurist)|Sir Kenneth Street]] (1966–72)<br/>[[Leslie Herron|Sir Leslie Herron]] (1972–73)<br/>[[John Kerr (governor-general)|Sir John Kerr]] (1972–74)<br/>[[Laurence Street|Sir Laurence Street]] (1974–81)
| predecessor         = [[Eric Woodward|Sir Eric Woodward]]
| successor           = [[James Rowland (RAAF officer)|Sir James Rowland]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1916|5|24|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Manly, New South Wales]], Australia
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2002|2|21|1916|5|24|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| birthname           = 
| nationality         = Australian
| spouse              = [[Helen Cutler|Helen, Lady Cutler]] (1946–90)<br/>Joan, Lady Cutler (1993–02)
<!-- Military service -->| allegiance          = Australia
| branch              = [[Australian Army]]
| serviceyears        = 1936–42
| rank                = [[Lieutenant]]
| unit                = [[Sydney University Regiment]] (1936–40)<br/>[[2/5th Field Regiment (Australia)|2/5th Field Regiment]] (1940–42)
| commands            = 
| battles             = 
{{tree list}}
* [[Second World War]]
** [[Syria-Lebanon campaign]]
*** [[Battle of Merdjayoun]]
*** [[Battle of Damour]]
{{tree list/end}}
| mawards             = [[Victoria Cross]]
}}
'''Sir Arthur Roden Cutler''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=comma|VCi|AK|KCMG|KCVO|CBE}} (24 May 1916 – 21 February 2002) was an Australian diplomat, the longest-serving [[Governor of New South Wales]] and a [[List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients|recipient]] of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] armed forces.

==Early life==
Arthur Roden Cutler was born on 24 May 1916. His cousin, [[Charles Cutler|Sir Charles Cutler]], was [[Deputy Premier of New South Wales]] from 1965 to 1975. Arthur grew up in the [[Sydney Harbour]] suburb of [[Manly, New South Wales|Manly]], where he attended the Manly Village Public School. At the age of 15, he enrolled at [[Sydney Boys High School]].

After school, Cutler worked for the Texas Company Australasia, which later became [[Texaco]]. He studied economics during the night at the [[University of Sydney]] and joined the [[Sydney University Regiment]] in 1936.<ref>[http://www.awm.gov.au/people/545.asp Australian War Memorial Biography]</ref>

On 10 November 1939, Cutler was commissioned as a lieutenant in the [[Sydney University Regiment]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232672974 |title=AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES. |newspaper=[[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette]] |issue=4 |location=Australia |date=11 January 1940 |access-date=13 March 2018 |page=66 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He enjoyed all sports, especially riding, rifle shooting and water polo, and was awarded a University Blue in swimming. As an 18-year-old lifesaver, he swam to the aid of a surfer who was being circled by a large shark. The shark brushed him twice as he helped the surfer to the beach.

In May 1940, Cutler volunteered for overseas service with the [[Second Australian Imperial Force]], receiving a commission in the [[2/5th Field Regiment (Australia)|2/5th Field Regiment]], [[Royal Australian Artillery]], [[7th Division (Australia)|7th Division]].<ref>[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=131525 World War II Nominal Roll:] CUTLER, ARTHUR RODEN</ref>

==Military service==
In 1941, Cutler served with the 2/5th in the [[Syria-Lebanon campaign|Syria-Lebanon Campaign]]. During the period between 19 June and 6 July, in the Merdjayoun-[[Damour]] area of [[Syria]], and as part of the [[Battle of Merdjayoun]], Lieutenant Cutler's exploits included repairing a [[telephone]] line under heavy fire, repulsing enemy [[tank]] attacks, setting up an outpost to bring fire to a road used by the enemy and, with a 25-pound field gun, demolishing a post threatening the Australian advance. Later, during the [[Battle of Damour]], he was seriously wounded and, when rescued 26 hours later, his leg had to be amputated. Cutler received the [[Victoria Cross]] for his actions in the Merdjayoun-Damour area,<ref name="VC">{{London Gazette |issue=35360 |supp=y |page=6825 |date=25 November 1941}} ''(VC)''</ref> and was medically discharged in 1942.

===VC citation===
<blockquote>''War Office, 28 November 1941.''

The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the VICTORIA CROSS to the under-mentioned:—

Lieutenant Arthur Roden Cutler (NX.12378), Australian Military Forces.

For most conspicuous and sustained gallantry during the Syrian Campaign and for outstanding bravery during the bitter fighting at Merdjayoun when this artillery officer became a byword amongst the forward troops with whom he worked.

At Merdjayoun on the 19 June 1941 our infantry attack was checked after suffering heavy casualties from an enemy counter attack with tanks. Enemy machine gun fire swept the ground but Lieutenant Cutler with another artillery officer and a small party pushed on ahead of the infantry and established an outpost in a house. The telephone line was cut and he went out and mended this line under machine gun fire and returned to the house, from which enemy posts and a battery were successfully engaged.

The enemy then attacked this outpost with infantry and tanks, killing the Bren gunner and mortally wounding the other officer. Lieutenant Cutler and another manned the anti-tank rifle and Bren gun and fought back driving the enemy infantry away. The tanks continued the attack, but under constant fire from the anti-tank rifle and Bren gun eventually withdrew. Lieutenant Cutler then personally supervised the evacuation of the wounded members of his party. Undaunted he pressed for a further advance. He had been ordered to establish an outpost from which he could register the only road by which the enemy transport could enter the town. With a small party of volunteers he pressed on until finally with one other he succeeded in establishing an outpost right in the town, which was occupied by the Foreign Legion, despite enemy machine gun fire which prevented our infantry from advancing.

At this time Lieutenant Cutler knew the enemy were massing on his left for a counter attack and that he was in danger of being cut off. Nevertheless he carried out his task of registering the battery on the road and engaging enemy posts. The enemy counter attacked with infantry and tanks and he was cut off. He was forced to go to ground, but after dark succeeded in making his way through the enemy lines. His work in registering the only road by which enemy transport could enter the town was of vital importance and a big factor in the enemy's subsequent retreat.

On the night of 23–24 June he was in charge of a 25-pounder sent forward into our forward defended localities to silence an enemy anti-tank gun and post which had held up our attack. This he did and next morning the recapture of Merdjayoun was completed.

Later at Damour on 6 July when our forward infantry were pinned to the ground by
heavy hostile machine gun fire Lieutenant Cutler, regardless of all danger, went to bring a line to his outpost when he was seriously wounded. Twenty-six hours elapsed before it was possible to rescue this officer, whose wound by this time had become septic necessitating the amputation of his leg.

Throughout the Campaign this officer's courage was unparalleled and his work was a big factor in the recapture of Merdjayoun. ''[[London Gazette]]''<ref name=VC/></blockquote>

==Diplomatic and vice-regal career==
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Following the war, Cutler began a long career in the Australian [[Diplomacy|diplomatic service]]. At the age of 29 he was appointed [[List of Australian High Commissioners to New Zealand|High Commissioner to New Zealand]] (1946–52). Other postings within the Commonwealth followed; he served in [[Ceylon]] (now Sri Lanka) (1952–55) and was the [[List of Australian Ambassadors to Egypt|Australian Minister in Egypt]] during the [[Suez Crisis]] in 1956. As a result of his service in Egypt, Cutler was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the 1957 New Years Honours.<ref name="CBE">[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1064633 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil)], CBE(C), 1 January 1957, itsanhonour.gov.au<br />'''Citation:''' ''Envoy and Minister to Egypt''.</ref>

Cutler acted as Secretary-General of the South-East Asia Council of Ministers meeting in [[Canberra]] in January 1957 and became Chief of Protocol of the Department of External Affairs (1957–58). Cutler was also State President of the [[Returned Services League]] in 1958. He was [[List of Australian High Commissioners to Pakistan|Australian High Commissioner in Pakistan]], (1958–61), and [[Australian Consul-General in New York]], (1961–65), during which period he was the Australian delegate to the [[United Nations General Assembly]] in 1962, 1963 and 1964 and was the Australian Representative to independence of the [[Republic of Somalia]] in 1960.

For his diplomatic services to Australia, Cutler was honoured by [[Elizabeth II|The Queen]] as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (KCMG) in December 1965.<ref name="KCMG">{{London Gazette |issue=43846 |page=11993 |date=21 December 1965}} ''(KCMG)'' <br />[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1082585 KCMG], itsanhonour.gov.au<br />'''Citation:''' ''Governor designate of New South Wales''.</ref> He was further honoured as a [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] (KCVO) in 1970.<ref name="KCVO">{{London Gazette |issue=45110 |page=6040 |date=29 May 1970}} ''(KCVO)'' <br />[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1082633 KCVO], itsanhonour.gov.au<br />'''Citation:''' ''Governor of New South Wales 1966–81''.</ref> He was appointed a [[Knight of the Order of Australia]] (AK) in 1981.<ref name="AK">[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885245 Knight of the Order of Australia], AK, 7 April 1981, itsanhonour.gov.au<br />'''Citation:''' ''In recognition of service to the Crown. By His Excellency's Command, David I. Smith, Official Secretary to the Governor General. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. S62A 7 April 1981.''</ref>

His final diplomatic posting, in 1965, as [[List of Australian ambassadors to the Netherlands|Ambassador to the Netherlands]], was cut short in 1966 when he returned home as [[Governor of New South Wales]], an office he served for a record 15 years, through four Premiers, and a change of government after eleven years of conservative rule. Such was his popularity that the [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor]] Premier, [[Neville Wran]], extended his last term until 1981.

As the longest-serving state governor, Cutler occasionally acted as Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia in the absence of the [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]]. He acted as Administrator during [[John Kerr (governor-general)|Sir John Kerr]]'s term from 20 February – 13 March 1975, 12–24 May 1975, 16–17 September 1975, 23 December 1975 – 3 February 1976, 26 April – 14 June 1977 and finally 23–28 August 1977.  Cutler was also scheduled to act during November 1975, when Kerr had planned an overseas holiday.  However, in view of the developing situation in Canberra, Kerr cancelled his travel bookings. In 1975, Cutler's advice to Kerr that he should warn Prime Minister [[Gough Whitlam]] of his [[1975 Australian constitutional crisis|impending dismissal]], was ignored. Cutler later said that, had he been Administrator at the time, he would certainly have accepted his prime minister's advice and he would have allowed the parliament to resolve the issue without recourse to any such drastic action as dismissal.<ref>McCullough, Roden Cutler, V.C.: The Biography, p. 384</ref>

==Later life==
[[File:Grave of Sir Roden Cutler VC 2018.jpg|thumb|right|Grave of Sir Roden and Lady Cutler]]
Following the end of his term as governor, Cutler was given various chairmanships and business appointments, including as chairman of Ansett Express (1981–92) and the [[State Bank of New South Wales]] (1981–86). Throughout the [[Australian republicanism|republican]] debate and [[1999 Australian republic referendum|referendum]] he remained a staunch monarchist and proud Australian, believing the [[monarchy]] brought stability, continuity and tradition to his country. He co-operated with the popular Australian novelist [[Colleen McCullough]] on a biography, ''Roden Cutler, VC'', which appeared in 1998. 

Cutler died on 22 February 2002 following a long illness. He was accorded the rare honour of a State Funeral on 28 February 2002 by the [[New South Wales Government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warmemorialsnsw.asn.au/traditions/cutler.cfm|title=Sir (Arthur) Roden Cutler|publisher=Register of War Memorials in NSW|access-date=24 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220123903/http://www.warmemorialsnsw.asn.au/traditions/cutler.cfm|archive-date=20 February 2011}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Cutler married [[Helen Cutler|Helen Morris]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|sep=,|ACi}} on 28 May 1946. They had four sons. She died on 8 November 1990 at [[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney|St Vincent's Hospital]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0414b.htm|title=Cutler, Helen Gray Annetta|last=Heywood|first=Anne|date=12 December 2002|website=The Australian Women's Register|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref>

Cutler remarried in 1993 to Joan Goodwin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/details/archive/110318415|title=Adlib Internet Server 5 {{!}} Details|website=archival.sl.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/mar/07/guardianobituaries|title=Obituary: Sir Roden Cutler|last=Condell|first=Diana|date=2002-03-07|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-15|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==Legacy==
In 1968, the first in a [[Lady-class ferry|new class]] of Sydney Harbour ferries was named the ''[[MV Lady Cutler|Lady Cutler]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.ladycutler.com.au/history.html|website=Melbourne Showboat|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>

A 19-storey commercial/office [[Roden Cutler House|building]] completed in 1975 at 24 Campbell Street, Sydney, was named in his honour.

The highway interchange between three motorways at [[Casula, New South Wales|Casula]] in south-west Sydney is named in his honour as the [[Sir Roden Cutler VC Memorial Interchange]].

===Sir Roden & Lady Cutler Foundation===

The Sir Roden & Lady Cutler Foundation helps the elderly and physically handicapped to be mobile and also with transport to and from their medical appointments. Many people have contributed to this cause, notably Cutler's former high school, [[Sydney Boys High School|Sydney Boys High]], and his primary school, Manly Village, which also dedicated memorials to Cutler on the 90th anniversary of his birth.

==Honours==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|50px]] || [[Victoria Cross]] (VC) || (1941)<ref name=VC/>
|-
|[[File:AUS Order of Australia (civil) BAR.svg|50px]] || [[Knight of the Order of Australia]] (AK) || (1981)<ref name=AK/>
|-
|[[File:Ord.St.Michele-Giorgio.png|50px]] || [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (KCMG) || (1965)<ref name=KCMG/>
|-
|[[File:Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon.png|50px]] || [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] (KCVO) || (1970)<ref name=KCVO/>
|-
|[[File:Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.png|50px]] || [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) || (1957)<ref name=CBE/>
|-
|[[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|50px]] || Knight of Justice of the [[Venerable Order of St John|Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem]] (KStJ) || (1965)<ref name="Digger">{{cite web|url=http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-vc/cutler-vc.htm|title=Cutler VC|access-date=7 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111042506/http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-vc/cutler-vc.htm|archive-date=11 January 2010}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:1939-45 Star.png|50px]] || [[1939–45 Star]] ||<ref name="Digger"/>
|-
|[[File:Africa Star.png|50px]] || [[Africa Star]] ||<ref name="Digger"/>
|-
|[[File:Defence Medal ribbon.png|50px]] || [[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]] ||<ref name="Digger"/>
|-
|[[File:War Medal 1939–1945 (UK) ribbon.png|50px]] || [[War Medal 1939–1945]] ||<ref name="Digger"/>
|-
|[[File:Australian Service Medal 1939-45 ribbon.jpg|50px]] || [[Australia Service Medal 1939–45]] ||<ref name="Digger"/>
|-
|[[File:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svg|50px]] || [[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]] || (1953)<ref name="Digger"/>
|-
|[[File:Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.png|50px]] || [[Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal]] || (1977)<ref name="Digger"/>
|-
|[[File:Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.png|50px]] || [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]] || (2002)<ref name="Digger"/>
|}

;Appointments
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia|Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia]] (Hon.FCA).

;Honorary degrees
* {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 1967: Honorary [[Doctor of Laws]] (Hon.LLD), [[University of Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usyd.edu.au/senate/honawardshistoricaldegree.shtml#Doctor%20of%20Laws%20%28honoris%20causa%29|title=Doctor of Laws (honoris causa)|publisher=University of Sydney|access-date=23 March 2010}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 1967: Honorary [[Doctor of Science]] (Hon.DSc), [[University of New South Wales]] and [[University of Newcastle, Australia|Newcastle]] (NSW).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/archive/2007Calendar.pdf|title=Honorary Degrees Awarded by the University|publisher=University of New South Wales|access-date=23 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706120629/http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/archive/2007Calendar.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 19 June 1981: Honorary [[Doctor of Letters]] (Hon.DLitt), [[University of New England (Australia)|University of New England]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.une.edu.au/heritage/collections/unerecs.php|title=UNE Records|publisher=University of New England|access-date=23 March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305225841/http://www.une.edu.au/heritage/collections/unerecs.php|archive-date=5 March 2011}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|New South Wales}} 1985: Honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon.DLitt), [[University of Wollongong]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@unia/documents/web/uow048262.pdf|title=Honorary Graduates|publisher=University of Wollongong|access-date=23 March 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

;Honorary military appointments
* {{flagicon|New South Wales}} '''22 August 1966{{spaced ndash}}12 March 1985''': Honorary [[Colonel (Australia)|Colonel]] of the [[Royal New South Wales Regiment]].<ref name=HonCol>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241038330 |title=AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES. |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=86 |location=Australia |date=13 October 1966 |access-date=13 March 2018 |page=5103 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240739670 |title=AUSTRALIAN MILITARY REGULATIONS ACCEPTANCE OF RESIGNATION OF HONORARY COLONELS |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. General|issue=G42 |location=Australia |date=22 October 1985 |access-date=13 March 2018 |page=3925 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|New South Wales}} '''12 September 1966{{spaced ndash}}12 March 1985''': Honorary Colonel of the [[Sydney University Regiment]].<ref name=HonCol/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240742279 |title=AUSTRALIAN MILITARY REGULATIONS ACCEPTANCE OF RESIGNATION OF HONORARY COLONELS |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. General |issue=G49 |location=Australia |date=10 December 1985 |access-date=13 March 2018 |page=4971 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
* [[File:Ensign of the Royal Australian Air Force.svg|22px]] '''20 January 1966{{spaced ndash}}8 July 1981''': Honorary [[Air Commodore]] of [[No. 22 Squadron RAAF|No. 22 Squadron]], [[Royal Australian Air Force]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241010825 |title=ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. |newspaper=[[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette]] |issue=69 |location=Australia |date=4 August 1966 |access-date=13 March 2018 |page=4022 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240775258 |title=Government Gazette Appointments and Employment |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. General |issue=G39 |location=Australia |date=29 September 1981 |access-date=13 March 2018 |page=109 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://sirroden.org.au/ Sir Roden & Lady Cutler Foundation]

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