He was held in unusually high esteem by his colleagues from all political parties for his unrelenting and dedicated work for his constituents and the State of Victoria.

[1] He was born in Bairnsdale to baker Willie Arthur Lind and Nora Madeline Smith.

)[2]: 1125 [3][4] From 1942 to 1944 Lind served with the second AIF 2/12th Field Regiment within the 9th Division Artillery for three years as a gunner in the Middle East and later in New Guinea.

[2] Alan Lind began his political involvement as a member of the Liberal-Country Party in 1939 in a newly formed branch at Stratford in Gippsland.

This involved decisions about dams and powerlines, Dartmouth Water, the Loy Yang power station, extension to tramlines and the salinity of the Murray River.

[2] On 8 December 1988 sixteen Members of the Victorian Parliament from the Labor, Liberal and National Parties paid detailed and significant tributes to Alan Lind.

The leader of the opposition Jeff Kennett stated that "Alan Lind ... was a gentleman of the highest order.