FORDE,
Francis Michael
1890-1983
school teacher, electrical engineer, politician
born on 18 July 1890 at Mitchell in Queensland
My name is Frank Forde and I represent ‘Young and free’ because upon the death of the prime minister, John Curtin, on 5 July 1945 I became prime minister of Australia for one week until Ben Chifley was elected as new leader of the Labor Party.
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