Shane Paltridge
Sir Shane Paltridge | |
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Leader of the Government in the Senate | |
In office 10 June 1964 – 19 January 1966 | |
Prime Minister | Robert Menzies |
Preceded by | Bill Spooner |
Succeeded by | Denham Henty |
Minister for Defence | |
In office 24 April 1964 – 19 January 1966 | |
Prime Minister | Robert Menzies |
Preceded by | Paul Hasluck |
Succeeded by | Allen Fairhall |
Minister for Civil Aviation | |
In office 24 October 1956 – 24 April 1964 | |
Prime Minister | Robert Menzies |
Preceded by | Athol Townley |
Succeeded by | Denham Henty |
Minister for Shipping and Transport | |
In office 27 September 1955 – 5 February 1960 | |
Prime Minister | Robert Menzies |
Preceded by | John Spicer |
Succeeded by | Hubert Opperman |
Senator for Western Australia | |
In office 28 April 1951 – 21 January 1966 | |
Succeeded by | Reg Withers |
Personal details | |
Born | Shane Dunne Paltridge 11 January 1910 Leederville, Western Australia |
Died | 21 January 1966 Nedlands, Western Australia | (aged 56)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Molly McEncroe (m. 1947) |
Relations | Hannah Beazley (granddaughter) |
Occupation | Bank clerk, hotel manager |
Sir Shane Dunne Paltridge
Early life
Paltridge was born on 11 January 1910 in
In 1927 Paltridge began working for the National Bank of Australasia (NBA) in Sydney. His parents separated the following year and he returned to Perth with his mother and sister, living at the Broken Hill Hotel in Victoria Park that was managed by his uncle by marriage. Paltridge continued to work for the NBA until 1936, when he took over as manager and licensee of the hotel, a "large and busy working man's pub". His aunt had inherited the lease in 1931 following her husband's death.[3]
Paltridge enlisteded the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in February 1940, but failed flying training.[2] He was subsequently assigned as a stores clerk,[3] but was discharged in December 1941 and joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in February 1942. He saw overseas service as a gunner in the 2/7th Field Regiment, sailing to Morotai in April 1945 and serving in the Battle of Tarakan the following month.[2] Paltridge returned to Australia in September 1945 following his mother's death. He subsequently resumed his management of the hotel.[3]
Politics
Paltridge became a member of the Liberal and Country League of Western Australia (the Western Australian Branch of the
Illness and death
Paltridge became gravely ill with cancer in late 1965. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 1 January 1966[4] and died at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 21 January 1966, having resigned as Minister for Defence two days earlier.[2][5]
Personal life
Paltridge married Molly McEncroe on 21 January 1947, with whom he had two daughters.[2] Mary, one of his daughters, was the first wife of the Labor politician Kim Beazley.[6]
Notes
- ^ "Family Notices". Western Mail. 15 January 1910. p. 31. Retrieved 21 March 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Harker, Margot (2010). "Paltridge, Sir Shane Dunne (1910–1966)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Vol. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) entry for Senator Shane Dunne Paltridge". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 January 1966. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Paltridge 'grave'". The Canberra Times. 21 January 1966. p. 1. Retrieved 20 November 2017 – via Trove.
- ^ "Ms Hannah Mary Beazley". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2023.