While studying medicine at the University of Sydney, Honner trained as a hurdler and long-jumper and was selected for the 1924 Paris Olympics.
[4] While conducting his medical post-graduate qualifications in England, Honner continued to compete in track and field.
[7][8] Honner studied medicine at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1922 and taking up a residency at St Vincent's Hospital in 1922-23.
[2] He married Kathleen Mary Dooley in the chapel of St John's College, University of Sydney in 1928.
In 1962 while addressing colleagues at a dinner at the Australia Hotel in Sydney he collapsed and died of a heart attack.