[1] He was in the RAAF in World War Two from 1942 to 1945, serving in the South-West Pacific with the fighter wing of the American invasion.
1946 found him in Port Moresby, working for the Department of Native Labour and he resigned from church appointments in the same year.
[3] Ramsden, for the Liberal Party, won the seat of Merthyr in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1957 state election.
This impeded his breathing and made it difficult for him to speak for any length of time or to sustain any physical exercise.
Ramsden was also involved in sporting organisations including the Mayne Australian Football Club and Queensland Soccer.