sentences:  He married Joan Johnson in 1940 and they had one son and two daughters.He was a school teacher in Tasmania from 1927 until 1935, at Caulfield Grammar in Melbourne, from 1936 until he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and at The Armidale School from 1947 until 1950.He served in the RAAF from 1939 until 1945, achieving the rank of squadron leader.