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Thomas Walter (Tom) Mitchell (1906–1984)
Thomas Walter Mitchell (1906-1984), barrister, politician and skier, was born at Towong, Victoria, on 11 November 1906, son of Victorian-born Walter Edward Mitchell, grazier, and his Sydney-born wife Winifred Hatton, née Dibbs. Educated at Cranbrook School, Sydney, Tom went to England and entered Jesus College, Cambridge (BA, 1929; MA, 1932). He was admitted to the Inns of Court on 30 April 1926 and called to the Bar at the Inner Temple on 29 April 1931. While at Cambridge he had developed a passion...