Background
GUNN, William was born on February 1, 1914 in Goondiwindi, Queensland. Son of the late Walter Gunn and Doris Isabel Gunn.
GUNN, William was born on February 1, 1914 in Goondiwindi, Queensland. Son of the late Walter Gunn and Doris Isabel Gunn.
The King"s School, Parramatta, New South Wales.
Chairman Australian Wool Board 1963-1972, Institute Wool Secretary Board 1961-1973, Queensland Advisory Board, Development Finance Corporation 1962-1972. Chairman Gunn Development Proprietary Limited., Eagle Corporation Limited., Cattle Investments Limited., Livestock Manager Proprietary
Limited., Moline Pastoral Company Proprietary
Limited., Roper Valley Proprietary Limited., Coolibah Pastoral Company Proprietary
Limited., Mataranka Proprietary Limited., Unibeef Australia Proprietary
Limited.; Director Rothmans of Pall Mall (Australia) Limited., Grazcos Company-operative Limited., Clausen Steamship Company (Australia) Proprietary Limited., Walter Reid & Company Limited., Gunn Rural Manager Proprietary
Limited. Chairman 1958-1963), Australian Woolgrowers Council 1947-1960 (Chairman 1955-1958), Graziers Federation Council of Australia 1950-1960 (President 1951-1954), Australian Woolgrowers and Graziers Council 1960-1965, Export Development Council 1962-1965, Executive Council, United Graziers Association of Queensland 1944-1969 (Vice-President 1947-1951, President 1951-1959), Australian Wool Testing Authority 1958-1963, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation State Committee 51- 68, Australian Wool Corporation 1973.
Chairman The Wool Bureau Incorporated. New York 1962-1969, et cetera
Trustee Queensland Cancer Fund. Golden Fleece Achievement.
Commonwealth Bank Board 1952-1959, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland since 1953, Reserve Bank Board since 1959, Australian Meat Board 1953-1966, Australian Wool Bureau 1951-1963.
Married Mary Phillipa Haydon in 1939.