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RE-MEMBER (FORMER MEMBERS)
Sir William Gordon Fry
- Born
- 12 June 1909 (Ballarat, Victoria, Australia)
- Died
- 29 September 2000
- Parents
- Alfred Gordon, engineer, and Edith Elizabeth Andrews
- Marriage
Religion: Presbyterian
Marital Status: 19 Sept 1936 Lilian Gwendoline Macrae; 4s.
- Education
- MacArthur St State School, Ballarat, Ballarat High School, Ballarat Teachers' College, Melbourne University, Education Department (first hons)
- Career
School teacher
School teacher Vic. Education Department; Australian Imperial Force 1940-1945, 21c 9th battalion and Commanding Officer 47th battalion, New Guinea, Solomons, lieutenant-colonel, mentioned in dispatches; headed commission investigating war crimes in Pacific area, post-war Victoria; Barracks Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General; leader Sun Youth Travel group to United Kingdom 1951; taught Camperdown State School 1946-1956, headmaster Cheltenham, Windsor, Cheltenham Heights and other state schools; committee member Eye and Ear Hospital 1972-1980, Mordialloc-Cheltenham Hospital 1967-1983, Melbourne Family Care.
Moorabbin city councillor 1963-1972, mayor 1968-1969
- Party
- Liberal Party
| House | Electorate | Start | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Council | Higinbotham | 29 April 1967 | 4 May 1979 |
*The Start date for Members elected after 1900 is the date they were elected. The start date for pre-1900 Members is the date they were sworn in.
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- References
References: Who's Who in Australia 1968-1983; 'Notable Australians', Melbourne, 1978; Southern Cross 29 May 1968; Sandringham & Brighton News Advertiser 1 Aug 1979; Camperdown Chronicle 15 Jan 1980; personal information
Data Source: Browne, G, 'Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament 1900-84', 1985
- Award
- KT1980
Last updated: 1st May 2019