His father was a politician. He went to public schools before he went to Methodist Wesley College, Melbourne. After, he went to Melbourne University where he studied Law then graduated 1915 and became a barrister in 1918.

In his first term of two years from 1939-1941, he was part of the United Australia party. At that time, World War II was on and he battled the water front workers that refused to send iron to Japan and they said they would get them back as bullets.

In his second term, Australia was at war again, this time it was in Vietnam. His second term went from 1949-1966 for a total of seventeen years and a total prime ministerial career of twenty years.

Menzies died in 1978 at the age of 84.

Researched by Tom M 6H

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