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Jim Forbes (Australian politician) went to which school from 1942 to 1950?
Jim Forbes ( Australian politician ) Alexander James de Burgh Forbes , ( 16 December 1923 – 10 August 2019 ) , often known as A . J . Forbes , was an Australian politician . He served in the House of Representatives from 1956 to 1975 as a member of the Liberal Party , representing the Division of Barker in South Australia . He held ministerial office in the Coalition governments of the 1960s and 1970s , serving as Minister for the Navy ( 1963–1964 ) , Army ( 1963–1966 ) , Health ( 1966–1971 ) , and Immigration ( 1971–1972 ) . At his death , Forbes was the last surviving Liberal minister who served in the ministries of Sir Robert Menzies , Harold Holt and John McEwen , as well as the First Gorton Ministry . Early life and military service . Forbes was born on 16 December 1923 in Hobart , the son of Brigadier Alexander Moore Forbes . He was educated on the Australian mainland , at Knox Grammar School in Sydney and at St Peters College in Adelaide . Having graduated from the Royal Military College , Duntroon , in 1942 , he was commissioned into the Australian Army . He was stationed in Darwin in 1943 , then assigned to the 2nd Mountain Battery . On 24 April 1945 , Forbes was awarded the Military Cross ( MC ) in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the South West Pacific . There was a dynastic tradition of exceptional military courage : his father had also won the MC during the First World War , and his brother Patrick Forbes later won the award during the Korean War , the only known instance of three members of an Australian family winning similar decorations for bravery in three consecutive wars . Following the end of the Second World War , Forbes was part of Australias victory contingent in the London Victory Celebrations of 1946 . After his discharge from the army in 1947 , he studied at the University of Adelaide where he completed a Bachelor of Arts ( Hons. ) degree in 1950 . He then undertook postgraduate studies in political science at Magdalen College , Oxford , where he was awarded a PhD in 1954 . His thesis was titled The Attitude of the Dominions to Security and Welfare , 1939–45 . Upon his return to Australia he lectured in political science at the University of Adelaide . He married Margaret Blackburn – the daughter of Victoria Cross recipient Brigadier Arthur Blackburn – in 1952 at St Peter-in-the-East , Oxford . They had five children together . Politics . Early career . Forbes was president of the Mount Lofty branch of the Liberal and Country League from 1948 to 1951 , as well as the founding president of the Adelaide University Liberal Union . He first stood for parliament at the 1955 federal election , aged 31 , losing to the incumbent Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) member Pat Galvin in the seat of Kingston . The following year , he won the Liberal nomination at a by-election for the much friendlier seat of Barker caused by the death of Speaker Archie Cameron . He held the seat of Barker until his retirement in 1975 . In parliament , Forbes became part of the Oxbridge group , the name given by journalists to a set of outspoken Liberal backbenchers who had studied at Oxford and Cambridge . The other members were Les Bury , Harry Turner , and Bill Wentworth ; Bury and Forbes were particularly close . Ministerial career . After the 1963 election , Forbes was elevated to the ministry as Minister for the Army in the Menzies Government . He was also appointed Minister for the Navy on a temporary basis , in the expectation that Fred Chaney would take over once parliament approved an enlargement of the ministry ; this occurred in March 1964 . The Melbourne–Voyager collision occurred during his tenure , although he was not held responsible . As army minister in the lead-up to the Vietnam War , Forbes successfully advocated for a selective national service scheme as a way of solving the armys manpower problems . This became the National Service Act 1964 , and was a compromise between universal conscription and a military reliant upon volunteers . In 2014 , he recalled More than any other person , I had been responsible for persuading Cabinet that they should introduce this scheme . It was the right decision . [ ... ] It was never terribly popular but it was a very fair system and I had to take the burden for that . After the retirement of Robert Menzies in January 1966 , Forbes was appointed Minister for Health in the Holt Government . He made the controversial decision to close the government-owned Canberra Abattoir , the announcement of which in March 1969 prompted the resignation of the entire Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council . The abattoir was sold to private owners in June 1969 . Forbes also made the decision to ban the importation into Australia of cheese made from unpasteurised milk , based on advice from the National Health and Medical Research Council . This also proved controversial , and the ban was deferred twice . Forbes retained the health ministry in the Gorton Government and was tasked with implementing the governments national health scheme , based on the recommendations of the Nimmo Inquiry . The scheme came into effect on 1 January 1970 and provided free health insurance for low-income earners , while maintaining a reliance on private insurance . In March 1971 , William McMahon replaced Gorton as prime minister and Forbes was appointed Minister for Immigration , a title he held until the McMahon Governments defeat in the 1972 election . He resisted British pressure to admit ethnically-Asian refugees expelled from Uganda during Idi Amins regime , stating Applications by Asians in Uganda will continue to be considered on their individual merits in accordance with our non-European immigration policies . These policies reflect the firm and unshakeable determination of the Government to maintain a homogeneous society in Australia . Forbes also ordered the deportation of musician Joe Cocker in 1972 , after a small quantity of cannabis was found by police in his Adelaide hotel room and he was charged with assault following a brawl at a Melbourne pub . In a 2014 interview Forbes stated that , while he accepted responsibility for the decision , he didnt think it was necessary and had been pressured by McMahon who believed it would be politically popular . Final years in parliament . During the November 1973 House of Representatives session , ALP Prime Minister Gough Whitlam accused Forbes of having abused the Governments hospitality by drinking too much at a reception for the visiting New Zealand prime minister Norman Kirk . Forbes demanded that the remark be withdrawn ; and Opposition Leader Billy Snedden , for his part , told parliament that Whitlam should be ashamed of himself . Snedden described Whitlam as gutless . Whitlam responded : It is what [ Forbes ] put in his guts that rooted him . Eventually , Whitlam ( at the insistence of Speaker James Francis Cope ) withdrew the remark , but only after ensuring that it had been transcribed by Hansards stenographers . An enraged Forbes followed Whitlam out of the chamber , calling him a filthy bastard . Whitlam retorted : Look , hes still shaking . Forbes stated that any shaking was due to sciatica and not alcohol consumption . In early 1975 Snedden , having failed to defeat Whitlam at the previous years election , was deposed as Opposition Leader by Malcolm Fraser . Forbes immediately resigned from the frontbench and chose to retire at the next election , having become disillusioned with the internal conflict within the Liberal Party . After politics . Forbes was chairman of Commonwealth Serum Laboratories from 1978 to 1984 . He also served on the council of the National Library of Australia from 1979 to 1985 , including as chairman from 1982 to 1985 . He maintained an involvement with politics after leaving parliament , and in 1979 was elected South Australian state president of the Liberal Party . In May 1982 , Forbes was elected as the partys new federal president , defeating John Herron and Joy Mein to replace Sir John Atwill . He resigned the position in July 1985 , delivering a stern call for unity in his final address to the partys federal council . In 2011 , 36 years after his retirement from parliament , it was reported that he had spent $16,000 on subsidised flights in the first six months of 2011 , charging taxpayers for a total of 29 flights for himself and his family . Having lived for many years in the Adelaide eastern suburb of St Peters , he died at Calvary Wakefield Hospital , aged 95 , on 10 August 2019 . Awards and honours . In 1977 , Forbes was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in recognition of service to the parliament . He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 , for service to the Commonwealth Parliament and as Chairman , Commonwealth Serum Laboratories .