[1][2] He began drawing at age seven, when he was diagnosed with polio, and eventually studied art at East Sydney Technical College.
[3] At the college he met Phil Belbin and studied under William Dobell, Edmund Arthur Harvey, Lyndon Dadswell, Douglas Dundas and Geoffrey Keith Townsend.
[4] Captain Jerry Winter, was initially an independent cargo ship operator before the character transitioned to Gem Comics where changed into a science fiction theme, running for over two dozen issues.
Murray Publishing Company[1] on titles such as Derek Prentice before eventually became a freelance comic artist with Frew Publications, where he took over the writing and illustration of The Phantom Ranger.
[9][10] He also illustrated a number of other short-lived titles for Frew, including The Green Skeleton, Suicide Squad, Scoop Scott and Go-Bal - King of the Jungle.