People Australia

1 November, 1922
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

27 May, 1999 (aged 76)
Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Blackfriars' Correspondence School (student, ?-1935)
• Lochiel Junior Grammar School (Killara, Sydney) (student, 1935-1935)
• Cranbrook School (Sydney) (student, 1936-1939)
• University of Sydney (student, 1940-1948)

• air force officer (1943-1979) Federal, Australia
• prisoner of war (Australian) (1945-1945) Federal, Australia
• air force chief-of-staff (1975-1979) Federal, Australia
• governor (1981-1989) New South Wales, Australia
• university chancellor (1990-1991) New South Wales, Australia
• autobiographer/memoirist (1998-2018) New South Wales, Australia

• World War II (air force officer)

• Distinguished Flying Cross (recipient, 1945)
• Air Force Cross (recipient, 1955)
• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1977)
• National Medal - 1st Clasp (recipient, 1977)
• Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (recipient, 1981)
• Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (recipient, 1981)
• Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1987)

• Aerospace Foundation of Australia Limited (chair)
• Police Board of NSW (member, 1989-1992)

• University of Sydney (administration) (chancellor, 1990-1991)