Frederick William Thomas (politician)

Sir Frederick William Thomas AE was Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1957 to 1959, having been persuaded to stand for Council by his friend Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey.[1] In 1934, he was appointed honorary Aide de camp to the Governor of Victoria, Lord Huntingfield. During World War II, he served as a Group Captain in the Royal Australian Air Force and was posted within Australia, East Asia and to the RAAF Mission in Washington, DC. He was invested as a Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords for services to the Netherlands in 1941 and invested as Knight Bachelor in 1959.

For other uses, see Frederick William Thomas (disambiguation).

Sir Frederick William Thomas
74th Lord Mayor of Melbourne
In office
1957–1959
Preceded byFrancis Palmer Selleck
Succeeded byBernard Evans
Personal details
NationalityAustralian

References
  1. "Image of Lord Mayor Sir Frederick William Thomas at the 1958 Moomba Parade". City Collection. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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