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Charlie John Stuart Lynn (born 14 January 1945, in Orbost, Victoria) is a former Australian politician who served as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1995 and 2015. ==Background and early career== Lynn was born to parents Melva and Keith Lynn, and is the eldest of eight siblings. He grew up in a small timber home on the banks of the Snowy River in East Gippsland. Leaving school, he began working in a Country Roads Board camp. In 1965 he was conscripted into the Australian Army, going on to serve his country in the Vietnam War in 1967. After the end of the war, he remained in the Army until 1986 and served in Singapore and the United States. He qualified as a HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) military parachutist with the US Army in 1978. He is a graduate of the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, Victoria and the Army Staff College at Fort Queenscliff, Victoria. He represented the Army in Australian Rules football, tennis, squash and marathon running. Following his discharge from the Army, became a Special Events Organiser. He has organised the Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon, the Anzac Day Marathon, the Round Australia Relay for the Australian Cancer Foundation, the Great Australian Caravan Safari, the Darwin-Cairns-Melbourne Relay for the Melbourne Olympic Committee, and the international George Street Mile footrace. He was a Consultant to Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and also a Facilitator for Adventure West Leadership and Survival Training activities. He is a Trek Leader for Kokoda Adventure Treks and a Developer of the Kokoda Adventure Leadership Program. He held the New South Wales 24-hour Ultra Marathon record in 1985 and 1986.〔 〕 Lynn was appointed to the Board of the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway at Concord. He was elected President of the NSW Parliamentary Lions Club and is a Trustee on the Anzac Memorial building in Sydney. He was Chairman of the Campbelltown Chamber of Commerce and Industry between 1993 and 1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charlie Lynn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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