The ferry The Lady Herron was named after his wife.
31 Facts About Leslie Herron
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Leslie Herron was born on 22 May 1902 in the Sydney suburb of Mosman, to Henry Leslie Herron and Emily Ethel.
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Leslie Herron played first-grade rugby union in the position of "breakaway" for the Sydney club Western Suburbs Football Club between 1922 and 1925.
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Leslie Herron was admitted to the New South Wales bar on 28 August 1925 and practiced in common law on the "Northern Circuit" of New South Wales.
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Leslie Herron married Andree Lorna on 6 January 1930 at St James' Anglican Church in the centre of Sydney on 6 January 1930.
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Leslie Herron took silk as a King's Counsel on 20 December 1939.
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Leslie Herron was appointed as an acting judge of the District Court of New South Wales in February 1939.
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On 10 February 1941, Leslie Herron was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the state's highest court.
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Leslie Herron served as a royal commissioner in the 1958 Royal Commission of Inquiry into statements made by the Auditor-General in his annual report for the year 30 June 1958 concerning the Minister for Housing, the Honourable Abram Landa.
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In 1961, Leslie Herron became the chairman of the Law Reform Committee.
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From March 1962, Leslie Herron served as Acting Chief Justice due to the illness of the then chief justice Herbert Evatt.
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On Evatt's resignation, Leslie Herron was permanently appointed as Chief Justice on 25 October 1962.
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Leslie Herron was to serve as Chief Justice during a time of structural change in the Supreme Court.
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One of the legally significant cases Leslie Herron was involved with was R v Cuthbert.
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Leslie Herron presided in the trial of notorious Sydney identity Darcy Dugan.
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Leslie Herron sentenced both to death, but both sentences were commuted.
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Leslie Herron was involved in hearing the criminal charges against Charles Ivan le Gallien.
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Leslie Herron received a death threat as a result of this trial, and was given police protection as a result.
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In 1966, Leslie Herron sentenced Peter Kocan to life imprisonment for the attempted assassination of Arthur Calwell, the incumbent federal opposition leader.
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Intensively involved with civic and sporting activities, Leslie Herron served as the president of the Australian Golf Club between 1944 and 1973.
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Leslie Herron was the president of the New South Wales Rugby Union between 1943 and 1956.
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Leslie Herron was elected as the first chairman of the Australian Rugby Football Union was that body was first started on 25 November 1949.
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Leslie Herron was president of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association between 1949 and 1964.
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Leslie Herron was chairman of the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust between 1970 and 1972.
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Leslie Herron was the founding vice-president of Australian Neurological Foundation established in 1970.
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Leslie Herron was involved with fundraising for St Vincent's Hospital at Sydney, the Mater Misericordiae hospital in North Sydney, the National Heart Foundation, the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, the Central Methodist Mission, the Salvation Army and the Bush Children's Hostels Foundation of New South Wales.
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Leslie Herron was president of the New South Wales branch of the St John Ambulance Association.
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Leslie Herron was a member of the New South Wales Olympic Council.
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Leslie Herron was appointed a Knight of the Order of St John in 1964 for his work in the St John Ambulance.
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Leslie Herron was named 'Father of the Year' by the Australian Father's Day Council in 1963.
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Leslie Herron worked on a legal aid scheme and was the Administrator of the New South Wales government in the absence of the governor Sir Roden Cutler on an official visit to the United Kingdom between 11 April 1973 and until the date of his death on 3 May 1973 in St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst.