About Henry McKechnie
Lived 1915 – 1984 (aged 68). Henry McKechnie was an Australian politician, ringbark, sheep shearer and wheat.
Henry Arthur McKechnie (14 March 1915 – 2 January 1984) was a wheat grower, and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Early days McKechnie was born in Barraba, New South Wales, to parents William John McKechnie, and his wife Eileen Ester (née Brett) and educated at Barraba Public and Armidale high schools. In the 1930s he was a Shearer and Ringbarker, and from 1942 until the end of World War Two he served in the 8th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD). In 1952 he was a Wheat grower.
During his younger days he played Rugby league for Goondiwindi and in later life was a trustee of several golf and bowling clubs. McKechnie died in Toowoomba 1984.
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Australian politician
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Henry McKechnie was born on 14 March 1915 in Barraba.
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Henry McKechnie died on 2 January 1984 in Toowoomba.
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Henry McKechnie was a politician, ringbark, sheep shearer and wheat.
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