Difference between revisions of "John Curtin"
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Revision as of 09:40, July 10, 2007
| John Curtin | |
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| Date of birth | 8 July 1885 |
| Date of death | 5 July 1945 |
| Wife | Elsie Curtin |
| Party | Australian Labor Party |
| As Prime Minister | |
| From | 7 October 1941 |
| To | 5 July 1945 |
| Succeeded | — |
| Preceded | — |
John Curtin was the Prime Minister of Australia during the second World War. He became Prime Minister just before the war started, and died in office a month before the war ended.
Source
- National Museum of Australia, John Curtin
| Australian Prime Ministers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Barton (1901) Alfred Deakin (1903, 1905, and 1909) |
Stanley Bruce (1923) James Scullin (1929) |
Francis Forde (1945) Joseph Chifley (1945) |
Malcolm Fraser (1975) Robert Hawke (1983) |