[2] His father was Sir Robert Best, a prominent politician who served in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Parliament of Australia.
In September 1914, Best enlisted in the AIF to fight in World War I.
He had been working as a salesman prior to enlistment.
A member of the 58th Battalion, Best worked his way up from the rank of private to captain.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1888 is a stub.