Robert Lindsay (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Lindsay (Australian politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1905

Place of Birth: Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Sep-2000

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Robert William Ludovic Lindsay (18 August 1905 – 6 September 2000) was an English-born Australian politician. From Norwich, England, was educated at Eton College and then Royal Military College, Sandhurst. An officer of the British Grenadier Guards, who fluently spoke Arabic, stationed throughout Persia from 1925–37 with the Transjordan Frontier Force, regimented approximately 2000 enlisted Nepalese Gurkha Troops. In 1939–52, amongst other duties, Lindsay was part of Whitehall Defences, during end of the 2nd World War. In 1954, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives.
As the Liberal member for the Flinders, defeating Labor's Keith Ewert.
He held the seat until his retirement in 1966. Lindsay was made an Order of the British Empire in 1971.
He died in 2000.