Kym bonython biography

  • He was a prominent and active member of society in Adelaide, Australia.
  • Hugh Reskymer "Kym" Bonython, AC, DFC, AFC was an Australian politician, World War Two veteran, musician, gallery owner, and racing driver.
  • Bonython has written six books on Australian painting and his autobiography, Ladies' Legs and Lemonade, was published in 1979.

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    BONYTHON, Hugh Reskymer

    Personal Details

    Service Numbers:280778, 280778
    Enlisted: 7 March 1940
    Last Rank:Squadron Leader
    Last Unit:No. 87 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born:Adelaide, SA, 15 September 1920
    Home Town:Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling:St Peter's College, Adelaide
    Occupation:Accounting clerk, pilot,
    Died:North Adelaide, South Australia, 19 March 2011, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery:Not yet discovered
    Memorials:Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll
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    Service History

    World War 2 Service

    7 Mar 1940:Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 280778, Aircrew Training Units, Mascot, NSW
    7 Mar 1940:Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 280778
    7 Dec 1941:Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 280778, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45
    1 Mar 1945:Involvement Royal Australian Air

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    Kym Bonython

    Australian artist, driver, and politician (1920–2011)

    Hugh Reskymer "Kym" Bonython, AC, DFC, AFC (15 September 1920 – 19 March 2011) was an Australian politician, World War Two veteran, musician, gallery owner, and racing driver.

    He was a prominent and active member of kultur in Adelaide, Australia. He had a distinguished career as a pilot during the Second World War, was a jazz drummer, owned an art galleri, raced speedcars, and served on the Adelaide City Council.

    Early life

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    Hugh Reskymer "Kym" Bonython was born on 15 September 1920 in Adelaide, South Australia,[1] the youngest child of Sir John Lavington Bonython and his second wife Lady jean Bonython, née Constance jean Warren.[2] (Sir John's first wife died in childbirth, aged 26). He was named "Hugh Reskymer Bonython" after an ancestor who had served as High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1619.[3][4] Both his father, John Lavington Bonython,&

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    Hugh Reskymer "Kym" Bonython, AC, DFC, AFC (15 September 1920 – 19 March 2011) was an Australian politician, World War Two veteran, musician, gallery owner, and racing driver.

    He was a prominent and active member of society in Adelaide, Australia. He had a distinguished career as a pilot during the Second World War, was a jazz drummer, owned an art gallery, raced speedcars, and served on the Adelaide City Council.

    Biography

    Early life

    Hugh Reskymer "Kym" Bonython was born on 15 September 1920 in Adelaide, South Australia), the youngest child of Sir John Lavington Bonython and his second wife Lady Jean Bonython, née Constance Jean Warren. (Sir John's first wife died in childbirth, aged 26). He was named "Hugh Reskymer Bonython" after an ancestor who had served as High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1619. Both his father, John Lavington Bonython, and his grandfather, John Langdon Bonython, had been (among other things) editors of daily Adelaide newspap

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