serviceyears branch death_date children allegiance birth_date constituency_am term_end death_place term_start spouse rank name occupation predecessor birth_place assembly unit party parents successor article_title
1942 -- 1946 royal australian air force 26 july 2015 one daughter , three sons australia 12 october 1924 yaralla 12 september 1978 macmasters beach , new south wales 24 february 1968 mavis tucker pilot officer lerryn mutton building contractor '' district created '' concord , new south wales new south wales legislative no. 93 squadron raaf no. 87 squadron raaf liberal party of australia brice mutton -lrb- father -rrb- garry mcilwaine lerryn mutton

lerryn mutton

lerryn william mutton oam -lrb- 12 october 1924 -- 26 july 2015 -rrb- was an australian politician .
he was the liberal member for yaralla in the new south wales legislative assembly from 1968 to 1978 .
mutton was born in concord , the son of brice mutton -lrb- member for concord in 1949 -rrb- and lilian taylor .
he was educated at north strathfield public school and fort street boys ' high school before working in his father 's building business .
he served in the raaf from 1942 to 1946 , seeing action as a pilot in labuan and borneo .
he married mavis tucker on 29 october 1949 , with whom he had four children .
in 1953 he was elected to concord council , serving until 1968 -lrb- as mayor from 1961 to 1962 -rrb- .
he was also active in the local liberal party .
in 1968 , mutton was selected as the liberal candidate for the new seat of yaralla ; he defeated the sitting labor member for the abolished seat of concord , thomas murphy .
he held the seat until 1978 , when he was defeated by labor candidate garry mcilwaine .
he was awarded the medal of the order of australia on 14 june 2010 .
