James Alexander Forrest

[1] He married Mary Christina Armit (1913–1995), the granddaughter of Sir Edward Fancourt Mitchell, on 9 December 1939[2] (or 1935[1]).

[6][7] In 1925, he started an articled clerk's course at the University of Melbourne; and, although this course of study did not lead to a law degree, it qualified the student as both a barrister and solicitor in Victoria.

[8] His admission was moved by both Robert Menzies and Wilfred Fullagar, and presided over by William Irvine, then the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

[1] Jim Forrest was enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in June 1942, and discharged in September 1943.

[11][1] Shortly after the war Forrest took up several board directorships of Australian companies : From 1961 to 1971, he was a foundation member of the Council of Monash University.