John Armstrong England CMG
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Appointed: 1 June 1978 to 1 January 1981
Date of birth: 12 October 1911
Place of birth: Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Spouse: Polly (née Wheatley) - married 16 December 1939
Children: 3 sons and 1 daughter
Employment history
- 1931 to 1941 - Australian Garrison Artillery Australian Light Horse
- 1941 to 1946 - Australian Imperial Force
- 1943 to 1946 - Served in Dutch New Guinea, Morotai, Labuan and Sarawak with 52nd and 2/3rd Australian Composite Anti-Aircraft Regiments
- Lieutenant Colonel commanding Sandakan Force and Kuching Force and accepted Japanese surrender in North Borneo
- 1947 - Farmer
- 1960 to 1975 - Australian House of Representative Country Party member for Calare NSW
- Member of Joint Statutory Committee on Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings
- 1974 - Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Joint Committee Councillor Spring Meeting of the International Parliamentary Union Bucharest
- 1974 - Member Australian Delegation to 61st Interparliamentary Union Conference Tokyo
- 1974 - Parliamentary Delegation to South Korea
- 1975 - Advisor Australian Delegation to United Nations
- 1978 - Appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory
Honours and awards
- 1939 to 1945 - Star, Pacific Star, War Medal with oak leaf denoting Mentioned-in-Despatches
- Australian Service Medal
- Efficiency Decoration (ED)
- 1978 - Commander of the Order of St John (CStJ)
- 1979 - Companion Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Subsequent career: Retired in 1980 to his property "Wilga" in Grenfell NSW