Brinley
Newton-John
(1914-92)
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, 1972[K2O]
Biographical
A university administrator and professor of German literature. He was
assistant master at Christ’s Hospital, 1936-38, and at Stowe School,
1938-40. He joined the RAF in 1940 in intelligence, and interrogated captured
German pilots using his level German language knowledge. In 1941, he helped
confirm the identity of Rudolph Hess which led to his arrest. He worked
in the intelligence unit at Bletchley Park in 1942, and was promoted to
war substantive flight lieutenant in 1945. After the war, he returned
to teaching and became headmaster for Cambridgeshire High School for Boys
in 1945. He moved to Australia in 1954 with his family to commence his
post as master of Ormond College in Melbourne. In 1958, he was associate
professor of German and head of the department of arts at Newcastle University
College; deputy warden of the college, 1963; vice-principal of the new
university, 1965; deputy vice-chancellor in 1968. He retired in 1974.[K2O]
Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales[K2O]
Place of first marriage: Kensington[K2O]
Place of second marriage: Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW[K2O]
Place of third marriage and death: Manly, Sydney[K2O]
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