Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLC South Province 22 May 1965–1 January 1971
Committees
- Member Printing Committee 1965–1971
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Personal Information |
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29 September 1916 |
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Broadhurst Private Hospital, Katanning, Western Australia |
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1 January 1971 |
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Hollywood Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Montague Roland House, farmer, and Ethel Rhoda Lane |
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Married 31 August 1945, St Philip’s Church, Sydney, NSW to Catherine Joan Callaghan, daughter of James Arthur Callaghan and Euphemia Grant McIntosh
Children: one son, Montague House, farmer and politician, and three daughters |
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Church of England |
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Educated Guildford Grammar School
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Farmer |
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Farmed on family property at Gnowangerup before World War II
Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 7 October 1940
Fighter pilot in Middle East, North Africa, Mediterranean and Harassers, Squadron RAAF 450 and 238 Squadron RAF (seconded)—Flight Lieutenant
Awarded DFM, DFC and bar, Africa Star
Discharged 14 September 1945
Returned to farming at Gnowangerup, acquired property from his father in 1954 |
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Gnowangerup Shire Council 26 May 1962–1966
Executive member Great Southern Regional Council Association |
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Awarded Distinguished Flying Medial (DFM) and Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar (DFC) |
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Member Return Services League of Australia
Chairman Great Southern Legacy
In State Polo team 1956 |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, p. 128.
West Australian, 22 February 1965, 4 January 1971. |
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