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Mr Frank Edgar WALL, M.D (1879 - 1941)

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Date of Birth: 06/10/1879
Place of Birth: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 01/01/1941
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 23 Apr 1934 01 Apr 1941 6 years 11 months 10 days A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 21 November 1933. A Member before reconstitution.
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 17 Jul 1917 22 Apr 1934 16 years 9 months 6 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 6 May 1917
Political Party Activity
United Australia Party (UAP)
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Medical Practitioner. Educated at Brighton College, Randwick and Sydney Grammar School, Newington College and Edinburgh University. MB ChB 1907, MD 1908; after postgraduate work in Scotland and England. Returned to New South Wales in 1909, practised in Burwood; Registrar of Randwick Military Hospital during 1914-1918 war; director of Royal Exchange of Sydney in 1921, City Mutual Life Assurance Society 1928, Federal Mutual Insurance Company 1932, Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company Limited in 1939; member of Board of Health 1925 of Medical Board 1939; member of Railway Superannuation Board for fourteen years; trustee of Australian Museum 1926-1941.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of George Wall, customs agent, and Sophia Jane Kidd. Married (1) Gertrude Morison Scott in Scotland on 29 April 1907 and had issue, 1 son. Married (2) Elizabeth Mary Eleanor Saywell on 25 February 1936. Church of England. Funeral at Randwick cemetery from St Jude's Church of England. Father was Mayor of Randwick and president of Chamber of Commerce.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.