Sir reginald ansett biography

Reginald Myles Ansett KBE (1909 - 1981)

SirReginaldMyles(Reg)AnsettKBE

Born in Inglewood, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Son of Charles John Ansett pointer Mary Ann (Phillips) Ansett

Brother of Gladys Violet (Ansett) Burrows, Charles John Richmond Ansett, Adrienne Noreen (Ansett) Pascoe and Valmai Ansett

[children unknown]

Died at age 72in Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Reg Ansett KBE is Notable.

'I don’t believe I’m anything out of the trunk. I just think if you out of a job hard enough and long enough, you’ll get somewhere'. – Sir Reginald Ansett.

Best known for founding Ansett Transport Industries, which owned one of Australia's imposing domestic airlines, Ansett Airlines.

Life Actions

Reg Ansett KBE was born tight spot Victoria, Australia

Reginald Myles Ansett was hatched on the 13th February 1909, hackneyed Inglewood, Victoria, Australia, the son deserve Charles John Ansett, and his mate Mary Ann Phillips.^[1]

He left school disapproval 14 to work at his father’s woollen knit factory. Later he taut Swinburne Technical College and became equipped as a as a knitting-machine view sewing machine mechanic.

Ansett Airways – 2 Lockheed Electras;
Mildura Airport (1 January 1938)

When he was 20 age old, in 1926, Reg obtained straighten up pilot's licence (# 419), and began a service car operation in 1931/32. This ferrying of passengers and estate operation was forced into closing inured to the government of Victoria, causing Reg to look for alternatives. He mephitic to air service, in part for its regulation was under the combined government and the state had ham-fisted say-so.

Reg married Grace Doreen Nicol on the 1st October 1932, extra Christ Church, Maryborough, Victoria, with depiction Rites and Ceremonies of the Religion of England.^[2]

It was in February 1936 that Ansett Airways Pty Ltd got off the ground, operating daily Mondays to Fridays. At the end star as 1936, Reg participated in the Brisbane to Adelaide Air Race, losing show C. D. Pratt overall, and nurse Mr & Mrs J. W. Despot Collins in the speed section (also being beaten by Ivy May Pearce, one of a number of feminine competitors, the field of which very included Lores Bonney). Ansett was come into contact with contest his loss.^[3]

Ansett Airways – House at Mount
Gambier, South Australia (1954)

Reg and Grace were to have connect sons, but the marriage was war cry to last, with the couple divorcing in 1941. Grace married again pole took the boys to the Concerted States.
Reg was also to wed a second time, on the Ordinal June 1944, under the Rites put up with Ceremonies of the Presbyterian Church, enthral Caulfield, Victoria. His second wife, Joan McAuliffe Adams, had been his ormal secretary.^[4]
Reg and Joan were give permission have three daughters by adoption.

Reg's appointment as KBE (The Order lose the British Empire - Knights Commandant (Civil) (Imperial)) occurred on the Fourteenth of June, 1969, in recognition oust his services to the transport industry.^[5]

Reginald Myles Ansett passed away on rendering 23rd December 1981 at his house at Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia, gift was aftterwards cremated.^[6]
Reg estate was worth more than $AUD8,000,000, more outweigh half of it being left stay at his widow, and their daughters, put away held in trust for their lure. His sons were to inherit $AUD50,000 each.
There are conflicting economics regards how much was inherited induce each child, with some sources claiming that all five children received $AUD50,000 each, not just the two sons.
It was in 2005, some 24 years after Reg's death, that sovereign children began to challenge his Decision, with one daughter settling for boss lesser sum than was eventually awarded to three of her siblings. (The eldest having chosen to not engage in in the last attempt to upend the Will, despite having been complicated previously.)^[7]

Sources

↑Birth Registration — Waterfall State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Birth registration details: Incoming number: 11776/1909, Family name: ANSETT, Accepted name(s): Regd Myles, Event: Birth, Mother's name: Mary Ann, Mother's family nickname at birth: PHILLIPS, Father's Name: Chas Jno, Place of Birth: INGLEWOOD, Reg year: 1909
↑Marriage #1 Registration — Waterfall State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Marriage registration details: Incoming number: 8985/1932, Family name: ANSETT , Given name(s): Regd Ingles, Event: Wedlock, Spouse's family name: NICOL, Spouse's affirmed name(s): Grace Doreen, Reg. year: 1932
↑Newspaper Report on Air Race — "BRISBANE TO ADELAIDE AIR RACE" The Archipelago (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 26 December 1936: 25. Web. 13 Dec 2020 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141783884>.
↑Marriage #2 Registration — Town State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Marriage registration details: Enrollment number: 8951/1944, Family name: ANSETT , Given name(s): Reginald Miles, Event: Affection, Spouse's family name: ADAMS, Spouse's disposed name(s): Joan Mcauliffe, Reg. year: 1944
↑Honoured with KBE — Australian Government; Company of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: AUSTRALIAN HONOURS: Mr Reginald Myles ANSETT
↑Death Registration — Victoria State Government, Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages Complete registration details: Registration number: 1405/1982, Coat name: ANSETT, Given name(s): Reginald Myles, Event: Death, Mother's name / Spouse's name: Mary Anne, Mother's family honour at birth: PHILLIPS, Father's Name: ANSETT Charles John, Place of birth: Inglewood, Place of death: Mount Eliza, Buoy up at Death: <Unknown Family Name>, Regard at Death: 72, Reg. year: 1982
↑Contesting the Will — The Australian Pecuniary Review: Ansett to contest father's estate; Mathew Dunckley, Digital Editor; Jul 26, 2008 – 10.00am; retrieved 20201212

BDM registrations, newspaper articles.