predecessor successor death_date birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name nominator
h.v. evatt sir victor windeyer 8 january 1963 sydney , new south wales , australia justice of the high court of australia 7 december 1889 15 october 1940 dudley williams -lrb- judge -rrb-
 31 july 1958 sir dudley williams robert menzies
dudley williams -lrb- judge -rrb-

sir dudley williams , kbe , mc , kc -lrb- 7 december 18898 january 1963 -rrb- , australian judge , was a justice of the high court of australia .
williams was born in sydney , and was educated at sydney grammar school .
he later studied at the university of sydney , where he graduated with a bachelor of arts in 1912 and a bachelor of laws -lrb- with honours -rrb- in 1915 .
he was admitted to the new south wales bar later in 1915 , but did not practise until 1921 , because of his service in the first world war .
he was a captain in the royal field artillery , and was awarded the military cross .
in 1935 williams was made a king 's counsel .
in 1939 he was appointed as an acting judge of the supreme court of new south wales and in 1940 he was elevated to the position of a full judge of the court .
in the same year , williams was appointed to the bench of the high court , on 15 october .
he remained on the bench until his retirement in 1958 .
sir dudley williams died in 1963 .
