Sir William Yeo CBE (1 May 1896 – 9 December 1972) was an Australian ex-service leader, farmer and soldier.
[1] He attended Peak Hill Public School and was enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) on 7 March 1915.
Declaring himself a staunch nationalist, he was an outspoken defender of the White Australia policy, a stern critic of Japan, a fierce anti-communist and a strong campaigner for a greater war effort in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam.
Prone to gaffes and a polarising figure in the league, Yeo was ousted as state president in 1969 by schoolteacher F. S.
[1] Yeo assumed the official title of past-president and died on 9 December 1972 at Concord Repatriation General Hospital, and was eulogised as a person who "did what he solemnly believed to be in the interest of every ex-serviceman and woman".