John Rossiter
Sir John Frederick Rossiter
KBE
(17 December 1913 – 18 January 1988) was an Australian politician.
Born in Melbourne to public servant James Alexander Rossiter and Sarah (née Nicholas) Rossiter, he attended Middle Park State School, Melbourne High School and the University of Melbourne, studying for his Bachelor of Arts. He then went to Melbourne Teachers' College and taught from 1937 to 1940 before enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force, in which he served from 1940 to 1946.[1]
On 1 March 1939 he married Joan Stewart, with whom he had three children. From 1946 to 1955 he was a senior lecturer in English at the
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1978 and in 1980 moved to Sydney. His wife had died in 1979, and on 7 November 1980 he married Heather Steer. Rossiter died in 1988.[2]
Lady Susan Renouf was one of his three children.
References
- ^ "Rossiter, John Frederick". recordsearch.naa.gov.au. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Sir John Frederick Rossiter (KBE)". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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