John Austin Gray

John Austin Gray MC (16 April 1892 – 6 May 1939) was an Australian politician.

John Austin Gray
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Hawthorn
In office
27 September 1930  6 May 1939
Preceded byWilliam McPherson
Succeeded byLes Tyack
Personal details
Born(1892-04-16)16 April 1892
Warracknabeal, Victoria
Died6 May 1939(1939-05-06) (aged 47)
Hawthorn, Victoria
Political partyNationalist (1930–31)
UAP (1931–39)
Military service
AllegianceAustralia
Branch/serviceAustralian Army
Years of service1914–1919
RankLieutenant
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsMilitary Cross

He was born in Warracknabeal to storekeeper Archibald Gray and Hannah Isabella Hutchinson. He attended state schools before working for the State Savings Bank of Victoria. During the First World War he served with the 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, being awarded the Military Cross. On his return he became an accountant. On 3 November 1920 he married Jessie Millicent Harris, with whom he had four children. He served on Hawthorn City Council from 1927 to 1939 and was mayor from 1937 to 1938. A founding member and president of the Young Nationalists, he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Hawthorn in 1930. He was briefly a minister without portfolio from March to April 1935. Gray held his seat until his death in Hawthorn in 1939.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Gray, John Austin". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
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