by Web Scoop Digital | Oct 5, 2019 | Former Governors
1990 – 1993 Francis Burt was born in Perth in 1918 and educated at Guildford Grammar School. He later studied law at the University of Western Australia. Sir Francis Burt is a patrilineal descendant of Western Australia’s first Chief Justice, Sir Archibald Burt (1861...
by Web Scoop Digital | Oct 5, 2019 | Former Governors
1984 – 1989 Gordon Reid was born in 1923 and educated at Hurstville Technical School in Sydney, Canberra, University College and the London School of Economics. As with the majority of Governors before him, Reid had been a military man as a Flight Officer with the...
by Web Scoop Digital | Oct 5, 2019 | Former Governors
1980 – 1983 Richard Trowbridge was born on 21 January 1920 and was educated at Andover Grammar School in the United Kingdom. At a very young age, the future Sir Richard joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman in 1935. He was the first officer to rise from Boy Seaman to...
by Web Scoop Digital | Oct 4, 2019 | Former Governors
1975 – 1980 Wallace Kyle was a Goldfields’ boy, born in Kalgoorlie in 1910. He came to Perth to study at Guildford Grammar School. He attended the RAF College at Cranwell in the United Kingdom and joined the 17 Squadron RAF in 1930. He was a flying instructor from...
by Web Scoop Digital | Oct 4, 2019 | Former Governors
1974 – 1975 Sir Hughie was born in Fremantle in 1914 and went to Fremantle Boys’ School. At 20 years of age he joined the regular army and became a cadet in the RAAF in 1935. He transferred to the Royal Air Force in 1936. A genuine war hero, he was awarded the...
