Mr (Jeff) Henry Jefferson Percival BATE (1906 - 1984)

Date of Birth: 05/03/1906
Place of Birth: Tilba Tilba, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 15/04/1984
Place of Death: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	12 Nov 1938	28 Oct 1949	10yr(s) 11mth(s) 17day(s)
Member for Wollondilly	12 Nov 1938	18 Apr 1941	2yr(s) 5mth(s) 7day(s)	32nd (1938 - 1941)	By-election – elected for balance of term of M. F. Morton
Member for Wollondilly	22 Apr 1941	24 Apr 1944	3yr(s) 3day(s)	33rd (1941 - 1944)
Member for Wollondilly	27 May 1944	29 Mar 1947	2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s)	34th (1944 - 1947)
Member for Wollondilly	3 May 1947	28 Oct 1949	2yr(s) 5mth(s) 26day(s)	35th (1947 - 1950)

Political Party Activity

Liberal Party.

Community Activity

Freemason; church organist.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Farmer. Educated at Tilba Tilba, Wentworth Falls and Kiama public schools, Newington College, The King's School at Sydney, and University of Sydney where he enrolled in Agricultural Science; farmer at Bodalla until 1949, then Wallaga Lake, Tilba Tilba; won prizes for dairy fodder conservation at the Royal Agricultural Society show; director of Bodalla Co-op Dairy Company from 1927, later managing the cheese co-operative.

Military Service

Served in 2nd Australian Imperial Forces (2nd AIF): Armoured Corps 1940 - 1945, Egypt, Cyprus, Middle East and New Guinea and New Britain. Lieutenant.

Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held

Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Macarthur 1949 - 1972.

Local Government Activity

Councillor of Eurobodalla Shire from 1929 until 1937, President from 1936 until 1937.

Personal

Son of Henry John Bate, also a Member of the Legislative Assembly, and his wife Lily Percival, leading contralto. Married (1) Gerta Homburg at Moruya in 1928, schoolteacher. Married (2) Thelma Kirkby in 1958. Married (3) Dame Zara Holt, widow of Harold E.Holt, former Prime Minister, on 19 February 1969. Church of England. Had issue 1 son and 1 daughter.

Additional Information

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