He was born in 1919 at Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. He and his wife, Roma, have three children.
He was educated through the state education system only up to the ripe old age of 14 years due to his family economic problems resulting from the Great Depression.

In the course of time he managed to develop work skills through correspondence courses, night school and industry scholarships which had to be deferred due to war service 1940 - 45.

He became interested in timber products at an early age, mainly due to his father who was a carpenter/builder.

This led to woodturning through the need for turned items for furniture.

At the outset, his working life was involved with the automotive parts industry covering a broad spectrum of its many features. During this period he experienced many dramatic changes and in particular the commencement of Australian vehicle manufacture.

	Bowl made from Eucalyptus burl.200 mm x 120 mm high. The wall is 3 mm thick and it is finished with friction polish. It was turned between centres to make a tenon for the Vicmarc chuck. This allowed the inside and outside to be finished completely. After removal from the chuck, the piece was held in a jam chuck for removal of the tenon.
	A vase made from Camphor Laurel. 280 mm x 200 mm with a wall thickness of 8 mm. It is decorated with Australian opal chips and finished with Danish Oil. It was turned between centres to make a tenon to fit a Vicmarc chuck. The outside was then turned and the surface finished short of final sanding and oiling. A sacrificial piece of scrap to form a ring 25 mm wide x 15 mm thick was turned with an inside diameter to fit on the vase at about 210 mm from the base. This is rough turned on the outside and the inside finished turned to conform to the vase shape. The ring is then fitted on and glued with hot melt glue and the outside turned smooth. A steady attachment is then mounted to run on the sacrificial ring, protecting the vase surface and it can be removed later with the heat from a hair dryer. The inside is turned using a long heavy-duty boring bar, a hook tool and a large shaped scraper To achieve the final outside finish and removal of the tenon, a cone of scrap wood is turned to conform with the inside diameter at the vase opening and covered with a piece of soft material glued on to the cone. Remove the steady, reverse the work piece, fit the cone to the drive head and turn off the sacrificial ring to about 5mm thick and then remove the rest with the hair dryer heat. The tenon, now at the tailstock end is turned off to a size that can be finished off by hand sanding, The opal chips are fixed with super glue into the numerous natural cracks and any protruding above the surface are hand finished flush with a small fine abrasive wheel, 400 grit sand paper and wet & dry paper used wet 400 1500 grit. Any voids left can be filled with super glue and wet sanding .A final polish with a burnishing cream.
	Lidded Container 110 mm x 120 mm high and a wall thickness 3-4 mm. It is finished with Danish oil. The body and lid are made from a cylinder large enough to accommodate the above dimensions, allowing for tenons on both. Turn between centres, cut the tenons and mount one in a chuck. Slice enough material from the tail stock end to make the lid. With the remaining piece, turn a bowl shape finished 110 mm curved down to 60 mm. Next turn a hollow 56 mm diameter by 25 mm deep and a recess 60 mm x 2mm deep and 2 mm wide to take the lid. Make a template of the hollow to be used for shaping the underneath. In order to turn the bottom of the body, fit it to a jam chuck in the lid recess which is then mounted in the Vicmarc chuck.. The inside can then be turned and finished, including the underside of the hollow, using the template to achieve a uniform shape. There are three legs and three short similar shapes. To achieve this mark out six sections of equal distance and scribe two rings (using a soft pencil that will rub off easily), one for the bottom of th legs and the other for the shorter"legs" The legs and smaller ‘drops' are cut with a drum sander in the lathe and the work is held at right angles to the axis of the sander. Sand to the scribed lines, making a continuous sweep between points. The semi-circles are made uniform by doing one, taking a template which is a pattern for the remainder. A word of warning. When using the drum sander, be careful that it does not hit the inside of the body because marks are difficult to remove. The lid is a straight forward turning project using the tenon and jam chuck method. Make sure the section that fits into the body recess matches the grain pattern of the body from which it was sliced at the start Good luck! - you will need it.