Brigadier Geoffrey Austin Street , ( 21 January 1894 – 13 August 1940 ) was an Australian politician who served as Minister of Defence at the outbreak of the Second World War and a member of the House of Representatives , representing the Division of Corangamite from 1934 until his death in the Canberra air disaster in 1940 . He was recognised with a Military Cross for his courage while serving with the Australian Imperial Force during the Gallipoli Campaign in the First World War
Canberra air disaster
1940 Canberra air disaster
Geoffrey Street