Frank Menzies

Frank Gladstone Menzies CBE (3 January 1892 – 31 August 1978) was an Australian lawyer and public servant.

During World War I he joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), serving with the 24th Battalion on the Western Front.

He began conducting prosecutions in the courts of petty session and also appeared as a legal assistant before boards of inquiry and royal commissions.

Menzies was an unsuccessful candidate for Nationalist preselection in the seat of Toorak at the 1920 state election.

[2] In 1926, Menzies was appointed Crown Solicitor of Victoria in succession to Edward Guinness, who had held the position since 1889.

[1] In 1950, Menzies led the appeal against the retrial granted to convicted murderers Jean Lee, Robert Clayton and Norman Andrews.

[5] Menzies retired as crown solicitor in 1954, having been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1951.