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Bill Spooner (politician)

Index Bill Spooner (politician)

Sir William Henry Spooner, (23 December 1897 – 14 July 1966) was an Australian politician. [1]

37 relations: Athol Townley, Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Australian federal election, 1949, Australian Flying Corps, Australian Senate, Bob Cotton, David Fairbairn (politician), Eric Spooner, Fifth Menzies Ministry, First Australian Imperial Force, Fourth Menzies Ministry, Gallipoli Campaign, Liberal Party of Australia, Manly Hospital, Manly, New South Wales, Military Medal, Minister for Human Services (Australia), Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Neil O'Sullivan, New South Wales, Nick McKenna, Order of St Michael and St George, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Robert Menzies, Second lieutenant, Shane Paltridge, Snowy Hydro, Surry Hills, New South Wales, The Right Honourable, United Australia Party, University of Sydney, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Western Front (World War I), William McMahon, World War I, World War II.

Athol Townley

Athol Gordon Townley (3 October 190524 December 1963) was an Australian politician and Minister for Defence.

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Australian Atomic Energy Commission

The Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) was a statutory body of the Australian government.

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Australian federal election, 1949

Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 December 1949.

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Australian Flying Corps

The Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was the branch of the Australian Army responsible for operating aircraft during World War I, and the forerunner of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

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Australian Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.

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Bob Cotton

Sir Robert Carrington Cotton, (29 November 191525 December 2006) was an Australian politician and Senator for New South Wales in the Parliament of Australia from 1966 to 1978.

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David Fairbairn (politician)

Sir David Eric Fairbairn, (3 March 1917 – 1 June 1994) was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1975.

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Eric Spooner

Eric Sydney Spooner (2 March 1891 – 3 June 1952) was an Australian politician.

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Fifth Menzies Ministry

The Fifth Menzies Ministry was the thirty-sixth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 11 May 1951 to 9 July 1954.

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First Australian Imperial Force

The First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during World War I. It was formed on 15 August 1914, following Britain's declaration of war on Germany, initially with a strength of one infantry division and one light horse brigade.

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Fourth Menzies Ministry

The Fourth Menzies Ministry was the thirty-fifth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 19 December 1949 to 11 May 1951.

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Gallipoli Campaign

The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Çanakkale (Çanakkale Savaşı), was a campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Manly Hospital

Manly Hospital provides medical services to the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, Australia.

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Manly, New South Wales

Manly is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Military Medal

The Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land.

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Minister for Human Services (Australia)

The position of Australian Minister for Human Services is The Honourable Michael Keenan, since 20 December 2017.

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Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science

The Australian Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science was a portfolio in the Government of Australia between 1928, when the post was held by John Latham as the Minister for Industry, and 20 December 2017, when the last incumbent of the office was Senator The Hon. Arthur Sinodinos, since 24 January 2017.

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Murray-Darling Basin Authority

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is the principal government agency in charge of managing the Murray-Darling Basin in an integrated and sustainable manner.

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Neil O'Sullivan

Sir Michael Neil O'Sullivan KBE (2 August 1900 – 4 July 1968) was an Australian politician and lawyer.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Nick McKenna

Nicholas Edward McKenna (9 September 1895 – 22 April 1974) was a politician and member of the Australian Labor Party.

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Order of St Michael and St George

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as regent for his father, King George III.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, (20 December 189415 May 1978), was an Australian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant (called lieutenant in some countries) is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1b rank.

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Shane Paltridge

Sir Shane Dunne Paltridge KBE (11 January 1910 – 21 January 1966) was an Australian politician.

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Snowy Hydro

Snowy Hydro Limited is an electricity generation and retailing company in Australia that owns, manages, and maintains the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme which consists of nine hydro-electric power stations and sixteen large dams connected by 145 kilometres (90 mi) of tunnels and 80 kilometres (50 mi) of aqueducts located mainly in the Kosciuszko National Park.

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Surry Hills, New South Wales

Surry Hills is an inner city, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (The Rt Hon. or Rt Hon.) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and to certain collective bodies in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, India, some other Commonwealth realms, the Anglophone Caribbean, Mauritius, and occasionally elsewhere.

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United Australia Party

The United Australia Party (UAP) was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney (informally, USyd or USYD) is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia.

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Vice-President of the Executive Council

The Vice-President of the Executive Council is the minister in the Government of Australia who acts as the presiding officer of meetings of the Federal Executive Council when the Governor-General is absent.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War.

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William McMahon

Sir William McMahon, (23 February 190831 March 1988), was an Australian politician who served as the 20th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1971 to 1972 as leader of the Liberal Party.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Spooner_(politician)

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