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Devon Minchin (Devon George Minchin) was born on 28 May, 1919 in Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian fighter pilot, entrepreneur, security industry pioneer and author. Discover Devon Minchin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?
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Devon George Minchin |
Occupation |
Businessman · author |
Age |
95 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
Born |
28 May 1919 |
Birthday |
28 May |
Birthplace |
Bondi, New South Wales, Australia |
Date of death |
30 May, 2014 |
Died Place |
Tewantin, Queensland, Australia |
Nationality |
Australia
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He is a member of famous fighter with the age 95 years old group.
Devon Minchin Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Devon Minchin Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Devon Minchin worth at the age of 95 years old? Devon Minchin’s income source is mostly from being a successful fighter. He is from Australia. We have estimated Devon Minchin's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Source of Income |
fighter |
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Timeline
Minchin was born at home in Flood St, Bondi to Alfred Hugh Minchin (1884–1954) and Dora Muriel "Bo" Minchin (née Donaldson) (1883–1985).
He was the youngest of the couple's three children, the others being Helen Patricia (1910–2002) and Lester Hugh St Clair (1915–1993).
The family was raised in various Sydney suburbs and Minchin attended Lane Cove Public School, Cammeray Public School, Chatswood High School, and Knox Grammar School.
Devon Minchin (28 May 1919 – 30 May 2014) was an Australian fighter pilot, entrepreneur, security industry pioneer and author.
Minchin left school in 1934 aged 15 and became an office boy at the George Patterson Agency, where he worked for two years.
In 1936 he took a job on a ship and worked his way to England.
In London he briefly worked for the advertising agency Samson Clark Price-Berry as an assistant on the Aspro account before landing a job with the Vick Chemical Company.
As a trainee salesman, Minchin sold Vicks products in Ireland and the UK before being selected for further sales training in New York City.
After success in a nationwide sales contest, from 1938 to 1939 he sold wholesale Vicks products throughout Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana as well as New York State.
In 1939 Minchin was sent to Australia to conduct market research for Vicks.
He sailed to Sydney on SS Monterey.
When war was declared in September 1939 he resigned from Vicks to join the Royal Australian Air Force.
Minchin enlisted at the RAAF office in Erskine St Sydney and was told that he would soon be contacted.
In the meantime he took a job with Sheldon Drug Company selling fly spray in regional Queensland.
By May 1940 he had not heard back from the RAAF and after making enquiries discovered that his enlistment records were lost.
He signed up again in Rockhampton and was sent to No. 7 Course RAAF Bradfield Park.
There he passed enough exams to be mustered as a pilot in the Empire Air Training Scheme.
He was posted to No. 26 E.A.T.S. Guinea Fowl, Rhodesia to learn to fly on the Tiger Moth.
He then went to 22 Central Flying Training School at Thornhill, Bulawayo to train on the Harvard MkI.
Following flight training Minchin transited in Kasfareet, Egypt before being sent to defend Aden where he flew the Hawker Hurricane MkI.
In 1942 Minchin returned to Egypt where he converted to the Curtiss P-40 (Kittyhawk) and joined No. 450 Squadron RAAF ("The Desert Harassers").
He flew 123 operational sorties and was mentioned in dispatches as part of the North African campaign in 1942–1943 and shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 109 during operations over Cape Bon in Tunisia.
Pilot Officer Minchin was also 450 Squadron's unofficial entertainment officer, penning poems and songs and leading the troops at the piano or on the ukelele at any given opportunity.
He wrote Marlene's Boyfriend, a parody of the German propaganda song Lili Marlene which became one of the most popular Desert Air Force songs.
After the July 1943 invasion of Sicily, Minchin contracted malaria and was stood down from operations.
He became the lessee of The Grand Albergo dell'Etna and with fellow PO Harry Gregory turned the hotel into a respite for Allied officers.
In late 1943 Minchin was assigned to production aircraft test pilot duties at No. 7 Maintenance Unit, RAF Kasfareet.
While in Aden, Minchin wrote his first novel The Potato Man, published by Frank Johnson in 1944.
He tested 19 different operational types of aircraft until he was returned to Australia in late 1944 due to the ongoing effects of malaria.
Following a six-month stint training Army Air Liaison Officers at the School of Army Air Co-operation in Canberra, Minchin transferred to the Australian Army to join the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit.
There he worked on the rehabilitation of Sandakan following the Japanese surrender.
In 1946 Minchin, his brother Lester and business partner Jack Bartle (former Commanding Officer, 450 Squadron RAAF) purchased a 110-foot, 85 ton ship called The Bellbird and loaded it with goods to sell in Borneo.
They sailed from Sydney on 13 April but on their first night at sea they were struck by a big storm and had to scuttle the ship near Barrenjoey, New South Wales.
In 1946 the Minchin brothers and Bartle organised a syndicate that was granted timber milling concessions in Sarawak.
The following year they established Colonial Timber Company Limited (CTC) in Kuching.
While remaining a director of CTC, Minchin returned to advertising in 1948 becoming circulation manager of The Straits Times in Singapore.
His tenure was cut short after only a few months when his wife Susan died of polio on 24 April 1948.
From 1949 to 1952 Devon Minchin was an account executive at Cathay Ltd, a Hong Kong advertising agency.
By the time of its sale in 1963 the company had the largest timber concession in the colony.
The Minchin brothers along with John Cullity of Cullity Timbers of Western Australia then established Allardyce Lumber Company in the Solomon Islands.