Frederick Charles Chaney KBE AFC
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Appointed: 4 March 1970 to 10 December 1973
Date of birth: 12 October 1914
Place of birth: Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Parents: Frederick Charles Chaney and Rose Templar Chaney
Education
- Aquinas College
- Claremont Teachers’ College
Spouse: Mavis Mary (née Bond) - married 1 January 1938
Children: 4 sons and 3 daughters
Employment history
- 1941 to 1945 - RAAF serving in Australia New Guinea and Borneo
- Commanded 16 (Air Observation Post)
- Flight Borneo 1945, supporting ‘Z force’ special unit
- 1932 to 1941 - Teacher, State Education Department WA
- 1945 to 1952 - Deputy Headmaster
- 1952 to 1955 - State President RSL WA
- 1955 to 1969 - Member House of Representatives (Lib) Perth WA
- 1961 to 1963 - Government Whip
- 1963 to 1966 - Minister for the Navy
- 1970 - Appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory
- 1973 - Commission withdrawn
Honours and awards
- Awarded Air Force Cross (AFC)
- 1939 to 1945 - Star, Pacific Star, War Medal
- Australian Service Medal
- 1953 - Coronation Medal of Queen Elizabeth II
- 1970 - Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Civil Division (CBE)
- 1982 - Knight Commander Order of the British Empire in the Civil Division (KBE)
- 1998 - Hon Freeman City of Perth
Subsequent career
- 1973 to 1985 - Chairman Territory Building Society and Chairman Home Building Society
- 1978 to 1982 - Lord Mayor of Perth
Memorial: Chaney House at Driver Primary School - died 17 December 2001