Background
He was born in Traralgon to schoolteacher Harold Robert Charles Shilton and Alice May Sturgess.
He was born in Traralgon to schoolteacher Harold Robert Charles Shilton and Alice May Sturgess.
He served in New Guinea during World World War II from 1941 to 1945, and on his return became a police officer, spending many years with the Criminal Investigation Branch. In 1965 he was elected to Seymour Shire Council. He was president from 1967 to 1968.
In 1970 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Midlands, but he was defeated in 1973.
After his defeat he became a bank officer Shilton died in 1995.