Guy Henn
Dr Guy Henn | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia | |
In office 21 March 1959 – 1 March 1962 | |
Preceded by | Ted Johnson |
Succeeded by | None (seat abolished) |
Constituency | Leederville |
In office 1 March 1962 – 20 February 1971 | |
Preceded by | None (new seat) |
Succeeded by | Ray Young |
Constituency | Wembley |
Personal details | |
Born | Liberal | 25 September 1909
Guy Gavin Henn (25 September 1909 – 22 April 1998) was an Australian medical doctor and politician who was a
Henn was born in Beckenham, Kent, England, to Jean (née Elliott) and Percy Umfreville Henn. His family moved to Western Australia the year after his birth, where his father became headmaster of Guildford Grammar School. Henn initially attended his father's school, but was then sent to England to finish his secondary education, attending Lancing College in Sussex. He went on to study medicine at St Thomas' Hospital, London, although his medical training was interrupted by a two-year spell in Australia, which was spent working on sheep stations in the North West. In 1941, Henn enlisted as a medical officer in the British Merchant Navy, although he transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) the following year, with which he spent the rest of the war.[1]
After the war's end, Henn settled in
References
- ^ a b c Guy Gavin Henn – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ISBN 0730984095.