Education
Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Ken Trevallion was educated at Newcastle Boys" High School.
Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Ken Trevallion was educated at Newcastle Boys" High School.
He joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1943 and served with the Number. 148 Squadron Royal Air Force, in Italy and Egypt, as a tail gunner flying on Vickers Wellington, Handley Page Halifax and Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers. Ken was discharged from the Royal Air Force with the rank of Warrant Officer in 1945.
After the war Ken attended the University of Sydney and then went on to work at the Reserve Bank of Australia.
He established Kenyon Truck Sales Pty Limited in 1965 and National Truck Spares Pty Limited in 1985. Ken’s involvement with We help Ourselves started in 1980 when he joined the board and he served as president of that organization from February 1998 to September 2005.
He died in 2009.