serviceyears branch death_date allegiance nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place title profession term_start spouse rank name birth_place unit party nickname article_title
1942 -- 1944 australian imperial force 17 july 2006 australia australian 21 february 1908 11 april 1974 30 october 1961 university of melbourne melbourne , victoria , australia senator bass for tasmania member of the tasmanian parliament for medical doctor 1 july 1962 23 november 1946 elizabeth ffrost 1930 1986 died nell ramsay 1987 major reg turnbull shanghai , china 2/12th field ambulance labor -lrb- 1959 & ndash ; 69 -rrb- australia party -lrb- -lrb- 1969 & ndash ; 70 -rrb- independent -lrb- 1970 & 1946 ndash ; 74 -rrb- & ndash ; 59 -rrb- independent spot reg turnbull

reg turnbull

reginald john david `` spot '' turnbull -lrb- 21 february 1908 -- 17 july 2006 -rrb- was an australian politician .
he was a member of the tasmanian house of assembly from 1946 to 1962 -lrb- 1946 -- 1959 for the australian labor party , 1959 -- 1962 as an independent -rrb- , then a senator for tasmania from 1962 until 1974 .
though he was elected senator each time as an independent , he briefly served as leader of the australia party from august 1969 to january 1970 .
turnbull also served as mayor of launceston from 1964 to 1965 .
