He has also served as a part-time Commissioner of the NSW Law Reform Commission (2002–06), Trustee of the Centennial Park Trust (1984–88), and Secretary of the Council for Civil Liberties (1973).
[3] Kirby has also served in several inquiries,[3] including: Unlike his extroverted brother Michael, David has stated that, as a schoolboy, he was shy and more interested in sports.
[4] Kirby self-effacingly stated that he went to the Bar to impress his then girlfriend, Marie-Line France Hervic, a Jewish girl who later decided to become a barrister herself.
Donald attended Sydney Technical School in Ultimo, and then worked as a general assistant, then tool and machinery salesman at a hardware firm.
[1] The two were engaged on Jean's 21st birthday, and were married in March 1937, a month after Donald turned 21, and resided in their first home at Bloomfield Street, South Coogee.