Gordon Freeth

Gordon Freeth KBE ( born August 6, 1914 in Angaston, South Australia, † 27 September 1994), was an Australian politician and, among others, Foreign Minister of the country.

Life

Freeth was born in Angaston, South Australia and attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School, as the Guildford Grammar School in Western Australia. He received his Bachelor of Laws in 1938 from the University of Western Australia. In rowing, he won a gold medal at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney in four. In 1939 he married Joan Baker, with whom he had twin daughters together - Felicity and Susan - and a son, Robert. In the same year he started in Katanning, Western Australia, to work as a lawyer. After the beginning of World War II, he moved to the Royal Australian Air Force and he flew bombers during the New Guinea campaign. In addition, he was in 1945 appointed to Flight Lieutenant.

Political career

Freeth was elected as a member of the Liberal Party of Australia in the constituency Forrest at the federal elections in 1949. He was diagnosed as Minister of the Interior, as the Minister of Labour. In the years 1958 and 1963, he was appointed Minister of Transport. In February 1968 he was aviation minister and took over the post of Peter Howson. In February 1969, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs as the successor to Paul Hasluck, who was from now on Governor-General of Australia. In the federal elections in 1969 he was the candidate of the Australian Labor Party, Frank Kirwan, defeated.

From 1970 to 1973 Gordon Freeth was Ambassador to Japan and High Commissioner in the United Kingdom from 1977 until 1980.

Honors

In 1978, Freeth Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire was.