Frederick William Thomas | |
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| 74th Lord Mayor of Melbourne | |
| In office 1957–1959 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Palmer Selleck |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Evans |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Australian |
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.