[3] His father remarried to Marion Meagher in 1914 and settled the family in Perth in 1924, initially in Swanbourne and later in Cottesloe.

He was a talented sportsman, excelling at Australian rules football, rugby union and surf lifesaving.

[1] Vincent left school in 1923 and went on to study law part-time at the University of Western Australia, although he did not complete a degree.

[5] During World War II he served with the administrative and special duties branch, including briefly in New Guinea.

The following year he was elected president of the Liberal Party's Kalgoorlie branch and as a member of its state executive.

[1] Vincent's most significant role was as chairman of the Senate Select Committee on the Encouragement of Australian Productions for Television.

[1] The report "brought together in one document a set of quite stable rhetorical figures already in circulation as to why Australia and Australians needed and were able to produce film drama" and served as a "visionary document for the writers arguing for a national film industry".

[8] Two weeks before his death, he participated in a panel discussion in Perth and criticised parliament for neglecting Australian television.

Freda worked as a speech and drama teacher and the couple were active in repertory theatre, winning several awards for their amateur productions.