Obituaries Australia

14 April, 1911
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2 February, 2006 (aged 94)
Australia

• Toowoomba Grammar School (Qld) (student, 1922-1925)
• Brisbane Grammar School (student, 1925-1926)

• army officer (1941-1946) Federal, Australia
• prisoner of war (Australian) (1942-1945) Federal, Australia
• liberal/conservative politician (1949-1972) Federal, Australia
• Member of Lower House (1949-1972) Federal, Australia

• World War II (army officer)
• Burma-Thailand Railway POW camp (prisoner of war)
• Changi POW camp (prisoner of war)
• Malayan campaign, 1941-42 (company commander)

• Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1947)
• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1972)

• Menzies' Forty-Niners (member)

• Australian Army Aviation Association (patron, 1972-2006)
• Queensland POW Association (member, 1972-2006)
• Returned and Services League of Australia (Qld) (member, 1972-2006)
• Royal Commonwealth Society (member, 1972-2006)

• Shell Oil (executive officer, 1927-1950)
• Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1949-1972)