Frederick William Thomas | |
Nationality: | Australian |
Order: | 74th Lord Mayor of Melbourne |
Term Start: | 1957 |
Term End: | 1959 |
Predecessor: | Francis Palmer Selleck |
Successor: | Bernard Evans |
Sir Frederick William Thomas AE was Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1957 to 1959, having been persuaded to stand for Council by his friend Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey.[1] In 1934, he was appointed honorary Aide de camp to the Governor of Victoria, Lord Huntingfield. During World War II, he served as a Group Captain in the Royal Australian Air Force and was posted within Australia, East Asia and to the RAAF Mission in Washington, DC. He was invested as a Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords for services to the Netherlands in 1941 and invested as Knight Bachelor in 1959.