The NSW Bar can be proud of the contribution many of its members made to the defence of Australia during World War Two. I have been at the Bar this year for forty years. Many of those mentioned in this list were still at the Bar or on the Bench when I began my career.
Lest we Forget
Jeffrey Phillips, SC

 

Surname Christian Name,

Honours

 Service Legal Career Details Military Details
Adcock Albert V C Army    
Allen Philip H Army Judge( Supreme Court) Captain in the Legal Corps
Amsberg George RANVR Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions QC ED had two trips to

Vietnam as Judge Advocate

 Lieutenant served on submarines

 

 

 

in the Pacific
Arnott Henry D RAAF    
Ash William P Army Judge (Supreme Court) QC Served in Middle East and New Guinea with 2/13 Battalion under overall command of Brigadier WJV Windeyer, later 7 Brigade legal

officer
Atwill (Sir) Milton J

N (John)

 RAAF    
Austin Richard W L Army Later joined the diplomatic

corps

 2/19 Battalion Prisoner of War in

Changi
Baldock James O Army   Captain
Barbour Richard T H Army Judge (District Court) QC Served 2/1 Field Regiment at

Aitape/Wewak in New Guinea
Bavin John W RAAF   Squadron Leader
Beale Oliver

‘Howard’ KBE

 RAN QC MP Ambassador to the

United States

 Sub Lieutenant on anti-submarine

duties
Beattie (Sir)

 

Alexander C

 Army Judge, President Industrial

 

Commission

 Captain in the Armoured Corps

 

served in New Guinea and Borneo
Begg Colin E Army Judge (Supreme Court) QC Served in Middle East and New

Guinea with 2/1 Battalion
Bell Hubert H

 

 

(Harry)

 Army Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions Twice Acting Supreme Court

Judge

 2/9 Commando Squadron at

 

 

Aitape/Wewak in New Guinea
Bellanto Anthony J Army QC  
Benjamin David J Army   Major 9th Division
Black Ivan C RANVR MLA for Neutral Bay POW in Germany 1942 – 1945
Blacket Wilfred R Army   Captain
Blunden Alan L F Army   Lieutenant Z Special Unit
Boulter Thomas A M

 

 

(Mick)

 Army Judge (District Court) QC

 

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 MM, For escaping as a Prisoner of War in Greece Also served in Middle East, New Guinea and

South-East Asia
Bowen (Sir) Nigel H

 

 

 

 

KBE

 Army Judge (Supreme Court) Chief Judge in Equity, Inaugural Chief Justice Federal Court, President NSW Bar

Association QC

 Captain and Adjutant 2/43 Water Transport Squadron New Guinea One of his corporals was (Sir) Ninian Stepehn, later a Justice of the High Court and later still

Governor General
Bowen Lionel Army Attorney General, Deputy

Prime Minister

  
Bowring James P RAAF   Flying Officer
Bradley William J Army MLC KC Captain Served with HQ 10 Division in Australian Army Legal Corps. Served in AMF from 1912

to 1942
Braun Benjamin J

(Joe)

 Army Practised in Newcastle after

the war

  
Brennan John M Army Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions Resident magistrate in Fiji.

Acting Justice of the Supreme

Court of Papua New Guinea

 2/5 Battalion. Counsel assisting the War Crimes Commission

1944/45
Bridge Alan B K RANVR Judge (Supreme Court of

 

Northern Territory) QC

 Lieutenant in Intelligence Section. Evaded capture for some months

on East Timor
Bruxner John M Army Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 Captain 2/7 Armoured Regiment
Buckworth George G RAAF Joined ASIO after war. Was the agent on the plane with Mrs Petrov on her defection.

Supreme Court Tax Assessor

 Wing Commander MID Croix de

 

 

 

Guerre Prisoner of War Germany
Byron Ernest F Army Deputy Senior Public Defender Lecturer in Criminal

Law, QC

 Served with 2/2 Battalion at

 

Bardia, Benghazi and Tobruk
Cameron-

 

Smith

 Alistair Army Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 Seconded to New Guniea

 

Headquarters 1st Australian Corps
Cantor Henry L (Bill) RAAF First Master of the Supreme Court, Judge (Supreme Court,

Common Law Division)

 Flight Sergeant served in Australia

 

 

and Canada;
Cassidy Ralph B RAAF   Killed in Training Accident Victoria

 

2 November 1942 Age 31
Chambers Rex Army Judge (Supreme Court) QC Lieutenat Colonel. Served in Intelligence then on the staff of the Deputy Judge Advocate General.

Also served in First World War
Clapin Jack A

 

(Speed)

 RAAF Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 Squadron Leader
Clegg Eric (The

 

Tired Lion)

 Army Judge (District Court)

Chairman of Quarter Sessions QC

 Lieutenant Volunteer Defence

 

Corps
Coates Anthony J Army Judge (District Court)  
Codd Frederic H

(Harden)

 Army Left the Bar to become a

solicitor on the South Coast

  
Coen Joseph V British

Army

   Landed in Europe after D Day and

later wounded in action
Cohen Alroy M Army   Major. Also served in First World

War
Collins Wilfred H

(Barney)

 Army Judge (Supreme Court) QC Captain Australian Army Legal

Corps.

 

Collins Anthony D RAN Judge (District Court)  
Comans John G RAAF   Flight Lieutenant 101 Fighter

Control Unit
Conacher Robert D Army Law Reform Commissioner 2/1st Amphibious Armoured

Squadron
Conlon Arthur H S Army   Sergeant in North Australia Observer Unit know colloqially as

the ‘Nackeroos’
Cook R Cecil (Seck) RAAF Judge (Industrial Commission) Pilot Officer
Cowie John K W

(Keith)

 RAAF Crown Prosecutor Squadron Leader
Creer John E (Jack) Army   2/30 Battalion
Cross Ronald F RAAF Judge (District Court), Chairman of Quarter Sessions Judge of the Supreme Court,

Common Law Division

 Spitfire Pilot in England, Mediterranean and France. Award

MID. Wounded in Action
Crumpton John A Army    
Cumming William R Army   Major
Curlewis (Sir) Adrian Army Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter

Sessions. Founder RSLA

 Prisoner of War, Burma-Thailand Railway. Incarcerated in Changi

camp with Phillip Head. Captain.
Davis Owen L Army Later joined the diplomatic corps Vice Chairman UN

Human Rights Commission

 2/18 Battalion POW Changi camp.
Davis Alfred L Army    
Davoren John J RAAF QC Courts Martial Appeals Tribunal

after the war
Dawes Owen L Army    
Dawes Naasson E RAAF    
Denniston James A Y Army   DSO For gallantry and leadership at Buna and Sanananda in New Guinea with 2/3 Battalion Also served on Bougainville as a

Lieutenant Colonel.
Denton William H

 

 

(Bill)

 Army Judge (District Court) Acting Justice of the Supreme Court

of New Guinea

 Served new Guinea with the 23rd Heavy Anti Aircraft battery and Borneo with 2/1 Composite Anti

Aircraft Regiment
Dickinson George A Army   Major
Dillon CB (Dickie) RANVR    
Dillon Claude B Army   6 Machine Gun Battalion
Donovan Gerald P Army University Medallist Judge

(District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions

  
Dovey William G RAN Judge (Family Court of Australia in New South

Wales) QC

 Transferred to Royal Navy and

 

saw service in Europe
Duffy Ian Army Mayor of Goulburn Lieutenant Colonel served in

Middle East
Eastman Allen J Army   Lieutenant Colonel served in Middle East and in HQ 6 Division

in New Guinea
Elson-Green William Army    
Emerton John K Army QC  
Enderby Keppel E RAAF Commonwealth Attorney General Judge (Supreme

Court) LLM London

  
Evans John D

“Chancery Jack”

 Army QC Served in Middle East and New

 

Guinea with 2/7 Cavalry Regiment
Evatt Phillip G RANVR Judge (Federal Court, Australian Industrial Court, ACT Supreme Court) Acting Judge Supreme Court of Northern Territory, Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk island, Head of Royal Commission into use of

chemical agents in Vietnam

 Lieutenant Served on RN submarines in Mediterranean and North Sea Awarded DSC For ‘skill audacity and judgement’ serving on board HMS Tapir . He trimmed the submarine during a succesful attack on a German Submarine in rough weather off Fejersen Fjord

near Bergen in 1945
Falkingham Thomas Army Judge in Workers

Compensation Commission QC

  
Falstein Sydney M

(Max)

 RAAF MHR  
Farncomb Harold B RAN Admitted to the Bar, 6 June 1958 then joined firm of

solicitors Alfred Rofe & Sons

 Served in First World War. Commanded HMAS Canberra and HMAS Australia. Later became a

Rear Admiral CB DSO MVO
Fergus Joseph RAAF    
Ferrari John S Army Judge (Workers’

Compensation Commission)

  
Finlay Mervyn D RAAF Judge (Supreme Court) QC Assistant Commisioner Police

Integrity Commission

  
Fisher Wiiliam K (Bill)

AO

 RANR Judge (President Industrial

Relations Court) QC

 Sub Lieutenant
Fitzpatrick Jack P Army Judge (District Court) QC

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 CSM in New Guinea Air Warning

 

Wireless Company
Flood-Nagle

 

 

 

(Nagle)

 John H

 

 

 

(Gaffer)

 Army Chief Judge at Common Law, Addtl. Judge of Appeal, Judge (Supreme Court) Royal Commissioner into NSW

prisons

 Served Middle East in 2/5 Field Regiment, South-west Pacific as a paratrooper. Injured in a training accident. Brother Val killed in

action.
Flynn W Stillwell

 

(Bob)

 War Related

Service

   Served in Darwin as Crown Law

 

Officer
Ford Joseph K Army Judge (District Court) Deputy

 

Senior Crown Prosecutor, QC

  
Fox Russell W Army Judge (Federal Court) ACT Supreme Court Australia Ambassador-at-large for

Nuclear Non-proliferation

 Duntroon Graduate. Served in New Caledonia and New Guinea with 2/14 Field Regiment as a

Captain
Fox Russell W Army Judge (Federal Court & ACT

Supreme Court QC

 Captain 2/!4 Field Regiment
Gallen Brian R RAAF Judge (District Court) Served as aircrew
Gibson Herbert H

(Bill)

 RAAF Judge (Compensation Court)  
Gill Alfred W M Army   Major 2 Australian Corps HQ
Glass Harold H RANVR Judge (Supreme Court) Judge of Appeal. President NSW Bar

Association QC

 Later Rear Admiral and head of

 

the Navy Legal Panel
Godfrey-Smith David L Army Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions

QC

 Captain. Served in Australia, New

 

Guinea and New Britain
Goldston John R Army /

RAAF

    
Green Robert N R Army Legal Advisor to NSW Police Killed in Action Middle East 27

October 1942 with 2/17 Battalion Age 33
Gregory Warwick H

(Sandy)

 RN Crown Prosecutor QC DSC for service on HMNZS

‘Achilles’
Grey Ian RANVR   Served on North Atlantic Convoys

then Naval Interpreter in Intelligence in Moscow
Griffin (Sir) David Army Admitted 3 May 1946. Later became a solicitor. Partner in

Dudley Westgarth & Co

 Prisoner of War in Changi. Wrote The Happiness Box while a POW. Later edited Changi Days – The

Prisoner as Poet
Gruzman Laurence C Army QC WO2 2/1 Field Ambulance
Hager John L RAAF   DFC for service in Bomber Command in Europe – 617 Sqdrn

RAF
Hamilton E H      
Hammond John M Army   Major 2/13 Battalion
Hardie Martin F   Judge (Land and Valuation

Court)

  
Hardwick Malcolm R RAAF QC Warrant Officer/Pilot in Europe
Hastings Roland Army    
Hay Neil H Army Legal Officer for Qantas  
Head Phillip L Army Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions

QC

 Captain in the Australian Army Legal Department. Major in HQ 8th Division MBE for Meritorious service as a Prisoner of War in Malaya – incarcerated in Changi

camp with (Sir) Adrian Curlewis
Healy M Desmond RAAF Judge (District Court)

Chairman of Quarter Sessions QC

 Member of War Crimes Tribunals

 

at Morotai and Bruneil
Healy Patrick M RAN    
Helsham Michael M RAAF Judge (Supreme Court) Chief

Judge in Equity, Additional Judge of Appeal, QC

 DFC for service in Bomber

 

Command in Europe
Henchman Hereward J H

 

 

(Humfry)

 Army Judge (District Court) Acting Judge (Supreme Court) Chairman of Quarter

Sessions, QC

 Captain Australian Army Legal Corps. Counsel for the Minister of State for the Army in Aliens

Appeals Tribunal
Herkes Geoffrey C Army Judge (Compensation Court)  
Hicks David S Army Judge (District Court) QC

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 2/5 Commando Squadron in New

 

Guinea
Hickson Robert R B Army   Lieutenant Colonel served in

Darwin, New Guinea New Britain and Japan
Hogan Basil M Army Judge (Family Court) ED Major General
Holland Kevin J RAAF Judge (Supreme Court, Equity

Division) QC

  
Holt Henry T E

 

 

 

 

 

(Bernie) CBE

 CMF Judge (District Court) Chairman of all Quarter Sessions. Acting Judge of the

Supreme Court

 Served in the British army in the First World War. Enlisted as a Captain in artillery in the CMF after being appointed a judge in 1939. Remained on the bench and

assisted with ‘intelligence work’
Hope Robert M AC

CMG

 Army Judge (Supreme Court) Judge

of Appeal, QC

 Served in New Guinea
Howell Robert A Army Worked on Commonwealth

Law Reports QC

 Became a Japanes interpreter
Hudson H R (Rodney) RAAF   Flight Lieutenat Served with RAF
Hughes Thomas E F,

 

 

 

 

AO

 RAAF President NSW Bar Association, Commonwealth

Attorney General QC

 Flew as a pilot captaining Sunderland aircraft out on England. Awarded Legion d’honneur for courageous service with 10 Squadron RAAF in support

of the D Day landing
Hunter David B Army Chief Justice (Supreme Court

 

of Tonga)

 member of Australian Army Legal

Corps. Also Served in First World War
Hutchinson Wallace B RAAF   Flight Lieutenant Served with RAF

at Lyneham
Hutley Frank C Army Judge (Supreme Court) Judge

of Appeal, QC

 Major
Jacobs (Sir) Kenneth

 

S KBE

 Army Judge, President of the Court of Appeal, Justice of the High

Court QC

 Lieutenant 2/4 Light Anti Aircraft

 

Regiment
Jamieson Stewart RAAF   Squadron Leader No Further

Details Known
Janes Arthur F Army Listed as a non-practisting

 

barrister. Also a MB and ChM

 Lieutenant Colonel 6th Cavalry

 

Regiment Medical Officer
Jaques Gordon RAAF    
Jenkins Hermann Army QC  
Johnson Gordon H RN   Lieutenant Served North Atlantic

on HMS Crocus
Jourdain H David Army Also a solicitor  
Kearney John B Army Judge (Surpreme Court,

Equity Division) QC

 Served Borneo 2/9 Armoured

Regiment
Keegan Richard W Army   Major 2/19 Infantry Battalion

 

Presumed Killed 11 February 1942
Kelly Donald F Army Crown Prosecutor Captain 9 Div Signals MBE for

Meritorious Service in Borneo
Kennedy Colin S RAAF Became a solicitor in Goulburn

 

 

 

after the war

 Flight Lieutenant. Fighter pilot in a variety of units in England and Europe. Flew Spitfires and

Tempests with 486(NZ) Squadron
Kennedy Alan K

 

(Winks)

 Army Later became a solicitor in

 

Tamworth

 WO1 2/6 Cavalry Command Regiment Served in the Middle

East Syria and New Guinea
Kerr (Sir) John R,

 

 

KCMG, K St J

 Army Judge (Industrial Court) Chief Justice NSW, Governor- General, QC President NSW

Bar Association

 Lieutenant Colonel
Kirby (Sir) Richard

 

 

 

 

C AC

 Army Judge (District Court) President Australian Commonwealth and Conciliation Arbitration

Commission

 Lieutenant Education Officer of 3 Army Tank Brigade and later at Land Headquarters. Member of Australian War Crimes Commission. Member of Staff of

Lord Mountbatten
Kloster William G RAAF   Prisoner of War in Germany
Knight William J (Bill)   Senior Crown Prosecutor QC  
Knoblanche Ernest P RAAF Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions

QC

  
Lang J A     Listed as engaged in Defence Service in 1943 Law Almanac.

Further details unknown.
Langsworth Christian

 

(Chris) C

   Judge Chairman Workers Compensation Commission

QC

 Listed as engaged in Defence Service in 1943 Law Almanac.

Further details unknown.
Larkins H Antony   Judge (Supreme Court) QC Major Australian Army Legal

Corps
Laurence J H     Listed as engaged in Defence Service in 1943 Law Almanac.

Further details unknown.
Laws Arthur G

(Graeme)

 Army Later became a solicitor Sergeant in 1 New Guinea Infantry

Battalion
le Gay

 

 

Brereton

 Russell Army Judge (Supreme Court) Served Middle East, New Guinea, Borneo, Judge Advocate War

Crimes Tribunal on Labuan
Lee Jack A Army Judge (Supreme Court) Chief

Judge at Common Law

  
Leslie AC      
Leslie Peter A Army Judge (District Court) Chairman ofl Quarter

Sessions

 Served Middle East, New Guinea and Australia with 2/5 Field Regiment. Later gunnery instructor

at School of Artillery
Levine Aaron Army Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 Served in New Guinea and the

 

Solomon Islands
Lewis David F Army Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 Served Syria, Middle East,

Palestine. Severely wounded in training.mishap (lost his arm)
Liddy Francis J Army Judge (Industrial Relations

Commission)

  
Lincoln John F British

 

 

 

Army

 Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions Chancellor Macquarie

University

 Major in Intelligence in British Army. Served UK India, Singapore, Palestine. Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General

after war.
Liversidge Ronald RAAF   Served with 186 Squadron
Lloyd Alan S Army Judge (District Court, Supreme Court) Chairman of the District Court Judges Chairman of Quarter Sessions

KC

 Deputy Judge Advocate General,

 

 

 

Brigadier General
Lord Lionel R H

(Bob)

 RAAF Crown Prosecotor QC  
Loveday Ray F RAAF Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions Member New South Wales Law Reform Commission,

Judge (Supreme Court) QC

 RAAF Served in Radar Section in

 

 

 

 

New Guinea
Loxton Merlin F Army QC Also served in First World War and awaded MC and MIDx3 for bravery in that conflict. His younger brother, Alan, a solicitor was a POW of the Japanese and

later President of the Law Society
Ludeke J Terrance

 

 

(Terry)

 Army Judge (Industrial Relations Commission) Chairman-Judge of the Crown Employees

Appeal Board

 Served in Borneo as a lieutenant

 

 

in the Armoured Corps
Lynch Cyril B Army   Prisoner of War in Changi Camp

in Singapore
Lynch James P Army Admitted to Bar 12 March

1937

 Died as a Prisoner of War 1943

Age 31
Lysaght P Carrol RAAF    
Macfarlan Bruce P RAAF Judge (Supreme Court) Admiralty Judge President

NSW Bar Association QC

 OBE for service in New Guinea, Wing-Commander, survived fatal crash of Catalina Flying Boat at

Townsville
Macken John J (Jim) Army Judge (Industrial Relations

Commission)

  
Mahoney Dennis L Army Judge (Supreme Court) Judge

of Appeal, QC

  
Malor Ronald L RAAF   Navigator Wellington Bomber Killed in Action 1944 with 70 Squadron RAF over Bulgaria. Brother of Jean Malor, University medallist in Law and secretary of the Sydney University Law School

Comforts Fund
Manning (Sir) James K

 

 

 

 

 

(Kenneth)

 RAAF Judge (Supreme Court) First President of Court of Appeal, Acting Judge in the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, Challis Lecturer in Bankruptcy at Sydney University law School.

Author.

 MID for distinguished service in South- West Pacific area. Deputy Director of personnel RAAF,

Squadron Leader
Marr Reginald J RAAF Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor (Appeals) Solicitor

General, QC

 DFC for courageous action as Captain of a Catalina Flying Boat while rescuing the downed crew of

a Beaufighter in the Timor Sea
Martin The Hon

Clarence E

 Army MLA Attorney General QC  
Martin Roger N Army    
Martin Edgar M      
Mason (Sir) Anthony

 

AC KBE

 RAAF Judge (Supreme Court), Court

of Appeal, Chief Justice of the High Court QC

  
Maughan David W B

 

 

 

 

(Barton)

 Army An outstanding student, son of David Maughan KC. Became

a solicitor after the war.

 MC For ‘enterprise, courage and coolness’ in Battle for El Alamein’ later ‘Wounded in Action. Wrote one volume of the Official History of Austrlai in the War – Tobruk and

El Alamein
Maxwell Alan V (Victor) Army Judge (Supreme Court) QC Major. Served in Western Australia, Cape York, Bougainville and New Britain. Later President of the War Crimes Tribunal in

Rabaul and New Britain
Mayne Alvyn W (Lou) Army   Captain
McClelland James R RAAF Senator, Minister for Labour and Immigration, First Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New

South Wales

  
McGrath Frank R Army Chief Judge (Workers’

Compensation)

  
McGregor Douglas G P Army Judge (Federal Court)

President of Bar Association QC

 Also Served in British Army
McIntosh Noel D RAAF Prior to enlistment was Mayor of Ku Ring Gai. Later a Judge

(District Court) QC

 Squadron Leader
McKay Thomas S RAAF Member New South Wales

 

Legislative Council

 Wing Commander serving in Labuan and Borneo War Crimes

Tribunal Prosecutor
McKeon John J Army Judge (Industrial Relations Commission) Chairman-Judge of the Crown Employees

Appeal Board

  
McKeon M W     No further information available at

this stage
McKnight Allan D RANVR   Lieutenant
McWhinney Edward RAAF Emiritus Professor  
Meares (previously Devenish-

Meares)

 Charles L D (Leycester) Nicknamed ‘Shagger’

CMG

 Army Judge (Supreme Court) President NSW Bar Association President

Australian Bar Association QC

 Lieutenant Colonel MID Served Middle East, Northern Territory

New Guinea with 1 Corps Signals
Merkel Desmond Army   Sergeant Served Middle East (Tobruk El Alamein), New Guinea

with 2/13 Battalion
Milford John D Army    
Millet John A RAAF Listed as a non-practising barrister who became a

siginficant author/poet

 Flew as an air gunner in Sunderlands over the North

Atlantic
Milne Douglas B Army QC  
Milverton Edward E F M Army    
Mitchell Harrie R C Army MLA (Burwood) Transferred to

 

Roll of Solicitors

 Major. Served in 4th battalion

Armoured Corps, Artillery North Western Australia
Mitchell George      
Mobbs William A RAAF   Flight Lieutenant
Moffltt Athol R CMG Army Judge (Supreme Court) Acting Chief Justice, President Court

of Appeal, QC

 Captain. Prosecutor in War Crimes Triibunal. Proescuted the Commander of Sandakan POW

Camp
Molloy Joseph F Army    
Moore David C RAN   Served in the Aegean
Muir Alastair G

 

(Alec)

 RAAF Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

  
Myers Frederick G

 

(Funnel Web)

 Army Judge (Supreme Court, Equity

 

Division) QC

 Walked the Kokoda Track New Guniea on active service despite

having a disablement of one foot
Needham George D

 

(Denys)

 Army Judge (Supreme Court, Equity Division) President NSW Bar

Association QC

 Served New Guinea and Borneo

 

with 2/5th Artillery Field Regiment
Newton Russell J M

 

 

(John)

 Army Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions

QC

 Served in Naval Auxillary Patrol then 11th Infantry Brigade in Merauke. Later legal officer, War

Organisation of Industry
Newton Neil A Army Judge (District Court) Served New Guinea with Light Anti

Aircraft Regiment and 2/10 Commando Squadron
Nolan John R Army Crown Prosecutor Lieutenant
O’Brien John Army Chief Judge at Common Law

(Supreme Court)

 Major
Officer Forbes J D Army QC Lieutenant
Ollerenshaw Rupert C A Army    
Opas AM OBE Philip H N RAAF Amitted NSW Bar 1949 but

practised mainly in Victoria QC

  
Oram Richard T H Army    
O’Riordan Clifford T RAAF   Killed in Action over Germany as an air gunner with 460 Squadron

30 July 1943 Age 34
O’Sullivan Gerald J J Army Judge (District Court) Captain of the reserve of Officers in the Army Legal Department and served on many Courts

Martial
O’Toole James E

(Ted)

 Army Crown Prosecutor  
Pain Edward O G

(Ted)

 RAAF Judge (District Court) Crown

Prosecutor QC

  
Papayanni John C (Cliff) RAAF    
Parker G R     Listed as engaged in Defence Service in 1943 Law Almanac. Further details unknown at this

stage
Parkinson John R RAAF   Killed Northern Territory with 24

 

Squadron 2 February 1945 Age 27
Parsonage Thomas G Army   Lieutenant
Pawley Kenneth W Army Judge (Family Court)  
Perrignon William B Army Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions Senior Member NSW Industrial Commission Chairman-Judge Crown

Employees Appeal Board QC

 Served in the Middle East and

 

 

later in Flash Spotting Unit in

 

 

Australia
Perrignon Edmund T

 

(Ted)

 RAAF Founding Judge of the

 

Environment Court QC

 Served with 462 Squadron (Halifax

bombers) with Bomber Command over Europe
         
Phillips John M K Army   Captain 2nd Intelligence Section Accidentally killed 18 May 1942

Age 31
Philpott Leslie Army   Captain Land Headquarters
Pilcher James E H Army Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 Lieutenant Colonel Served in the Staff Corps. In New Guinea and

Bougainville
Prentice (Sir) William T

 

 

 

(Bill)

 Army Chief Justice Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea, Judge in Australian Federal Court

QC

 MBE for ‘Meritorious service and ability in Bougainville’ MID for ‘distinguished service in South- west Pacific area. Served Middle

East
Prior (Harvey-

 

Prior)

 J Harvey

 

(Jack) CBE

 Army Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 Captain
Purnell Howard F RAAF Senior Public Defender QC Flight Lieutenant 464 Squadron
Rainbow Alfred E Army Judge (Workers’

Compensation) QC

 Lieutenant Colonel served in New

Guinea
Raine Edmund P T

(Peter)

 RANVR Judge of the Papua New

Guinea Supreme Court

 Sub-Lieutenant
Redapple Walter P Army Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 Major. Officer Commanding 1

 

Australia Survey Battery RAA
Reddy William E Army QC  
Reid Clive Army   Lieutenant Colonel Legal Corps
Reidy John H Army    
Reld Clive R Army    
Renowden Raymond R RAN   Lieutenant
Reynolds Raymond G Army Judge (Supreme Court) Judge of Appeal, Chairman Law

Reform Commission

 Major 56 Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Richards Douglas J RAAF   Killed 30 May 1942 over Germany

serving with 59 Squadron RAF Age 23
Ridgeway Thomas G Army   Served Celebes, Borneo War

Crimes Tribunal
Riley Bernard B Army Judge, Federal Court of Bankruptcy, Federal Court of Australia QC MLC Published The Law Relating to Bills of Exchange in Australia Junior Counsel to Sir Victor Windeyer on Petrov Royal Commission, President NSW

Bar Association QC

 Captain, Australian Army Legal

 

 

 

Corps, Prosecutor War Crimes

 

 

 

Tribunal at Rabaul
Ritchie Allan V RAAF Registrar in Divorce Supreme

 

Court

 DFM for ‘courage and devotion to duty as a navigator’ in Europe with

‘Pathfinder’ Squadron
Roberts Ivan C Army   Lieutenant Colonel
Robinson J B     No further information available at

this stage
Robson Hugh W Army Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions

QC

  
Ross Samuel RAAF Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 Served in Lancaster Bombers on

 

many missions over Europe
Ryan John   Admitted to Bar 10 April 1942 No further information available at

this stage
Samuels Gordon Jacob   Judge (Court of Appeal) Governor of New South Wales, Chancellor of UNSW President NSW Bar

Association AC QC

 Captain 96th (Royal Devon

Yeomanry) Served Northern Ireland India and Malaya
Schreiber M Sofer Army    
Seaton George E RAAF    
Selby David M Army Acting Judge (Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea) Judge in Divorce (Supreme Court) Additional Judge of Apeall Lecturer and Deputy Chancellor Sydney University

QC

 Survived Japanese invasion of Rabaul – evaded capture for three months in jungle. Wrote book Hell and High Fever about the experience Later Legal Officer with

ANGAU
Sheldon William S RAAF Judge Industrial Relations

Commission

  
Sheppard Alexander W

 

 

 

(Alec)

 Army Listed as a Barrister on enlistment papers but not listed in the New South Wales

Almanac for the time.

 Lieutenant Colonel Military Cross for securing supply lines and supervising evacuation of troops

from Greece.
Sievey Richard

 

 

 

Thomas

 RANR Admitted to the bar, March

 

 

 

1941

 Killed in Action serving on board Sydney 20 November 1941 during engagement with German Raider Kormoran Age 25 Brother also

Killed in Action
Simpson William B Army Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and Judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk

Island

 Deputy Judge Advocate General, Brigadier General, Director General of Security. Also Served

in First World War
Sinclair John B RAN Judge (District Court) QC leader of Sydney Naval

Reserve Legal Panel

 Lieutenant Served North Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Oceans

and Occupation of Japan
Smail John M Army    
Smith George H Army Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions

QC

 Served in the artillery
Smith Robert C   QC No further information available at

this stage
Smith Alan G     No further information available at

this stage
Smith Aldred C Army    
Smyth John W   QC No further information available at

this stage
Smyth-King Philip S

(Stephen)

 RAAF Later became a solicitor  
Snelling Harold A Army QC Solicitor General  
Spencer Ian G Army    
St John Robert J B

 

(Bob)

 RAN Judge (Federal Court) Chief

 

Justice of Western Samoa

 Served as a Leading Seaman in Pacific on board HMAS

Warramunga
St John Edward H

(Ted)

 Army MHR QC Captain Served in Middle East and

New Guinea
Staunton James H Army First Chief Judge of NSW

District Court Chairman of Quarter Sessions QC

 Served in New Guinea
Stephen Frank C Army Judge (District Court) Chairman of Quarter Sessions Acting Judge Suprmem Court

QC

 Major, Australian Army Legal Department, Assistant to the

Judge Advocate General 1942/44
Stephens Ronald F RAAF   Killed on Duty in England attached

to RAF Age 25
Stewart George R

(Reid)

 Army    
Street (Sir) Laurence W KCMG

(AC)

 RANVR Judge of Appeal, Chief Justice

 

New South Wales QC

 Anti-Submarine Officer, served on

 

HMAS Ipswic h in Pacific Theatre
Street Eustace W Army    
Stuckey Geoffrey P Army QC  
Sudano Salvatore Navy Judge (Distruict Court) Lieutenant Commander in

Mediterranean with Italinn Navy
Tanner Leon G RAAF QC  
Taylor Robert L Army Chief Judge at Common Law

QC

 Invalided after being seriously

injured during training.

 

Thompson William Denis RAAF Judge (Compensation Court)  
Throsby Charles P T Army    
Tonking Kenneth J RAN   Lieutenant
Toose Paul B CBE Army Judge (Supreme Court) QC Major in Anti Aircraft Regiment
Torrington Kenneth F E RAAF Judge (District Court)

 

Chairman of Quarter Sessions

 Flight Lieutenant
Tout William G C Army Also a Solicitor  
Treatt Frank B Army   Captain. Served in New Guniea

and Bougainville
Tubman Henry Q

(Quentin)

 RAAF    
Tuchen Jack H RAAF   460 Squadron Warrant Officer

Gunner
Tuohy Vincent C Army    
Turner Henry B

 

(Harry)

 Army MLA for Gordon 1937-1952

 

MHR for Bradfield 1952 – 1974

 Lieutenant 2/3 Battalion Served in

 

Greece, Syria, New Guinea
Turner Robert W N Army   Killed in action in Egypt 27 October 1942 Lieutenant Colonel

2/13 Battalion MID Age 33
Vincent Thomas G Army   MC For ‘gallant and distinguished services in the South-west Pacific’ Killed in Action in Malaya 9

February 1942
Vine-Hall Robert P

(Peter)

 RAAF   Served in Air Crew in Europe
Waddell Thomas W Army Judge (Supreme Court) Chief Judge in Equity, Chairman NSW Law Reform

Commission

  
Walcott Lyones

 

 

 

Emmet (Peter)

 Army   Brigade Major, 21st Infantry Brigade. Served in Syria and New Guinea MBE for meritorious

service on Balikpapan.
Walker George G C

(Geoffrey)

 RAAF Also a Solicitor Squadron Leder served in Europe
Walker Charles K Army   Killed in Action in Greece 12 April 1941 1 Anti Tank Regiment Age

39
Wallace (Sir) Gordon Army Judge (Supreme Court) First President Court of Appeal Acting Chief Justice Supreme Court, KC Co author (with Sir Percy Spender) of Company Law and Practice, and (with J McI Young) Australian

Company Law and Practice

 Served Australia and New Guinea

 

 

 

as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter

 

 

 

Master General, Honorary Colonel
Wallace Arhtur C Army   Captain
Walsh Keith E

(Barney)

 Army Judge (District Court) AM ED Lieutenant 52 Composite Anti-

Aircraft Regiment
Warburton William K Army   Lieutenant Royal Australian

Artillery
Ward William D T

 

(Des)

 Army Judge (District Court) QC ED

had two trips to Vietnam as Judge Advocate

 Served with 2/4 Field Regiment in

New Guinea and on Bougainville as a Lieutenant
Watson Jack H Army    
Watson J P Carr RAN    
Watson Frederick V

(Vern)

 Army Judge (Industrial Relations

Commission)

  
Watson Raymond S RAN Judge (Family Court) QC  
Wesche Venn G RAAF   Squadron Leader US Legion of

Merit
Westgarth Brian D Army   Killed in Action at Balikpapan while operating as an air observation officer. His brother also killed in

action
Weston Clive F Army    
Whitlam Edward G

(Gough)

 RAAF QC Prime Minister Served as a navigator in the South

West Pacific
Wild Kenneth E     2/18 Battalion Prisoner of War in

Changi
Williams John M Army Judge Workers Compensation

 

Commission QC

 Captain. Prosecutor War Crimes Tribunal. The film Blood Oath is

based on his experiences.
Willis Peter G Army    
Wilson J Bowie Army   MBE VD Awarded prior to the Second World War Lieutenant

Colonel, Judge Advocate General
Windeyer (Sir Victor) William J V Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Order of the British

Empire

 Army Served as Counsel assisting Petrov Royal Commission, Judge High Court of Australia KC, Member of the Judicial

Committee of Privy Council

 CBE for leadership DSO&Bar for courage and leadership at Tobruk and El Alamein, MIDx3 Brigadier General – Middle East and South- West Pacific Theatres Commanded 2/48 Batallion and

20 Brigade
Woodhill Phillip J Army Officer in the Crown Law Office, Administration of New

Guinea

 Major 2/2 Battalion. Served Libya, Egypt. Died of Illness in Syria 26

November 1941 Age 35
Woodward Philip M Army Judge (Supreme Court) President NSW Bar Association Presided over Royal Commission into Drug

Trafficking QC

 Major 9 Field Brigade
Wright George L

 

(Lytton)

 RAN   Killed in Action when HMAS Yarra

was sunk 4 March 1942 in the Indian Ocean
Wright Bertram J F

 

(Bertie)

 Army   Lieutenant Colonel Served in Middle East and awarded MBE for

service in New Guinea
Wybrow Kenneth G Army   Defence Counsel War Crimes

Tribunal
Youdale Kenneth H RAAF   Flight Lieutenant DFC for ‘skill and fortitude in operations’ Flew 38 missions over Europe with 619

Squadron
Ziems Trevor C O RAAF    
Warburton William K Army   Lieutenant Royal Australian

Artillery
Ward William D T

 

(Des)

 Army Judge (District Court) QC ED

had two trips to Vietnam as Judge Advocate

 Served with 2/4 Field Regiment in

New Guinea and on Bougainville as a Lieutenant
Watson Jack H Army    
Watson J P Carr RAN    
Watson Frederick V

(Vern)

 Army Judge (Industrial Relations

Commission)

  
Watson Raymond S RAN Judge (Family Court) QC  
Wesche Venn G RAAF   Squadron Leader US Legion of

Merit
Westgarth Brian D Army   Killed in Action at Balikpapan while operating as an air observation officer. His brother also killed in

action
Weston Clive F Army    
Whitlam Edward G

(Gough)

 RAAF QC Prime Minister Served as a navigator in the South

West Pacific
Wild Kenneth E     2/18 Battalion Prisoner of War in

Changi
Williams John M Army Judge Workers Compensation

 

Commission QC

 Captain. Prosecutor War Crimes Tribunal. The film Blood Oath is

based on his experiences.
Willis Peter G Army    
Wilson J Bowie Army   MBE VD Awarded prior to the Second World War Lieutenant

Colonel, Judge Advocate General
Windeyer (Sir Victor) William J V Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Order of the British

Empire

 Army Served as Counsel assisting Petrov Royal Commission, Judge High Court of Australia KC, Member of the Judicial

Committee of Privy Council

 CBE for leadership DSO&Bar for courage and leadership at Tobruk and El Alamein, MIDx3 Brigadier General – Middle East and South- West Pacific Theatres Commanded 2/48 Batallion and

20 Brigade
Woodhill Phillip J Army Officer in the Crown Law Office, Administration of New

Guinea

 Major 2/2 Battalion. Served Libya, Egypt. Died of Illness in Syria 26

November 1941 Age 35
Woodward Philip M Army Judge (Supreme Court) President NSW Bar Association Presided over Royal Commission into Drug

Trafficking QC

 Major 9 Field Brigade
Wright George L

 

(Lytton)

 RAN   Killed in Action when HMAS Yarra

was sunk 4 March 1942 in the Indian Ocean
Wright Bertram J F

 

(Bertie)

 Army   Lieutenant Colonel Served in Middle East and awarded MBE for

service in New Guinea
Wybrow Kenneth G Army   Defence Counsel War Crimes

Tribunal
Youdale Kenneth H RAAF   Flight Lieutenant DFC for ‘skill and fortitude in operations’ Flew 38 missions over Europe with 619

Squadron
Ziems Trevor C O RAAF