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Johnny Ladd was born on 19 February 1924 in Shardlow, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for Number 96 (1972), The Daryl Somers Show (1982) and The Paul Hogan Show (1973). He died on 27 June 2004 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Tedd Dunn was born on 29 October 1937 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for Breakfast-a-Go-Go (1969), The Box (1974) and The Magic Circle Club (1965). He died on 13 June 2010 in Ringwood East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.- Eric Ansell was born on 6 December 1876 in Hoxton, London, UK. Eric died on 1 May 1952 in East Melbourne, Australia.
- Diane Masters died on 8 April 2024 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Harrison Owen was born on 24 June 1890 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He was a writer, known for Torpedoed (1937), The Blue Mountains Mystery (1921) and Uneasy Virtue (1931). He died on 30 May 1966 in East St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Athol Gordon Townley (3 October 1905 - 24 December 1963) was an Australian politician and Minister for Defence.
Townley was born in Hobart and educated at Elizabeth Street State School and Hobart High School, and at Hobart Technical College. He qualified as a pharmaceutical chemist in 1928 and in 1930 found a job looking after quality control for a Sydney baker. In 1931, he married Hazel Florence Greenwood and they later moved back to Hobart where he formed a partnership with his brother, Rex, that eventually owned three pharmacies. He joined the Royal Australian Navy in September 1940, and in February 1941, he was sent to England to train in bomb- and mine-disposal work. He returned to Australia and commanded the 35 ton patrol boat HMAS Steady Hour, which assisted in destroying a Japanese midget submarine during the attack on Sydney Harbour in June 1942. He was put in command of the Fairmile B motor launch ML817 in January 1943, promoted to acting lieutenant commander in March and was involved in the New Guinea campaign. Townley was opposed to Ben Chifley's bank nationalisation and won the Australian House of Representatives seat of Denison in the 1949 election for the Liberal Party of Australia. Robert Menzies valued his opinion and appointed him to a series of portfolios, starting with Social Services in May 1951, although Paul Hasluck considered Townley a "teacher's pet" and claimed that he had only "slight" administrative abilities. Menzies appointed Townley Minister for Air and Minister for Civil Aviation in July 1954, Minister for Immigration in October 1956, and Minister for Supply in February 1958.
Townley became Minister for Defence in December 1958. On 24 May 1962 he announced that Australia would be sending thirty army advisers to South Vietnam, committing Australia to the Vietnam War. He suffered ill health during the 1960s, including a heart attack and bouts of pneumonia. Nevertheless, he travelled to Washington in October 1963 to sign a contract for the purchase of the F-111 aircraft-this contract was later severely criticised due to the sharply increased prices subsequently experienced.
Menzies announced on 17 December his choice of Townley as Ambassador to the United States, to succeed Sir Howard Beale, but he died at the Mercy Hospital East Melbourne a week later, survived by his wife and son. - Bland Holt was born on 24 March 1851 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Breaking of the Drought (1920). He was married to Florence Griffiths Anderson (actress) and Lena Edwin (actress). He died on 28 June 1942 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.