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He unsuccessfully contested the Federal seats of West Sydney (1946) and East Sydney (1949), and chaired the party’s Vaucluse branch from 1950 until 1976. For over twenty years (until retiring in 1973) he was chairman of the Wentworth district Boy Scouts’ Association. A founder of the Australian Outward Bound Memorial Foundation, he was its honorary legal adviser from 1958. ADB entry
Book of Remembrance entry
LL.B. : Lieutenant, 1st Battn., A.I.F., France. Enlisting in March, 1916, and sailing in May, joined battn. in December and attended Officers Training Corps, Keble College, Oxford, from March to June, 1917, when commissioned. Rejoining battn., was appointed Signalling Officer after Ypres fighting in December, holding this position until the end. Attended Law Course at Edinburgh University on non-military employment, returning in May, 1920. Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at Sydney Grammar School.
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1897Birth in Darling Point -- NSW, Australia 8 February 1897
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?Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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1916Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France 1 December 1916
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1916Enlisted 1 Mar 1916
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1919Tertiary education at University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 1919
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1920Clerk at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 26 November 1920
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1924Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1924
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1924Solicitor 30 October 1924
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1927Solicitor 1927
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1978Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire 1978
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1985Death in Vaucluse -- NSW, Australia 19 November 1985
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