[2] following a commonwealth grant for a study into the apple and pear industry.
[3] He enlisted with the RAAF in 1941[4] By 1946 he had resumed his work and was promoted to Senior Research Officer in 1949.
In March 1954 he resigned from the service to concentrate on his orchard and dairy property at Balhannah.
[5] He was in June 1964 elected as a Liberal candidate to a Southern district seat in the Legislative Council, and died in office.
Purchased land at 7 Kemp Road, Aldgate from the estate of Henry Sewell (died 1926) in 1927.