Sir James Schofield Balderstone AC (2 May 1921 – 15 October 2014) was a prominent Australian director of public companies.
[1] After leaving school he served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II from 1940 to 1945.
He was serving on HMAS Kanimbla in Sydney Harbour on the night that Japanese midget submarines attacked.
[1] His directorships and roles included:[1] He was knighted in 1983 for services to primary industry and commerce,[5] and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1992.
[6] He had an identical twin brother, Robert Balderstone CMG MC (1921-2012), a councillor of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria for 41 years and president for six, from 1976.