Background
BYERS, Maurice was born on November 10, 1917 in Sydney. Son of Arthur Tolhurst and Mabel Florence (nee Hearne) Byers.
BYERS, Maurice was born on November 10, 1917 in Sydney. Son of Arthur Tolhurst and Mabel Florence (nee Hearne) Byers.
Saint Aloysius College, Milson’s Point, Sydney and Sydney University.
President North.S.W. Bar Association 1964-1965, President 1965-1967. Chairman North.S.W. Police Board 1984-1988. Executive Council of the Law Council of Australia 1966-1968, Australian Law Reform Commission 1984-1986.
Leader, Australian delegation, United Nations Commission, on Institute Trade Law 1974, 1976-1981, Australian delegation to Diplomatic Conference on Sea Carriage of Goods (Hamburg) 1979.
Chairman Australian Constitutional Commission 1986-1988.
Council of Australian National University 1975-1978.
Married Patricia Therese Davis in 1949.