John Flynn (minister) John Flynn (minister) John Flynn (25 November 18805 May 1951) was an Australian Presbyterian minister who founded the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) which later became Frontier Services, as well as founding what became the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance. Educated at Snake Valley, Sunshine and Braybrook primary schools, he matriculated from University High School Parkville, aged 18. Unable to finance a university course, he became a pupil-teacher with the Victorian Education Department and developed interests in photography and first aid. In 1903 he began training for the ministry through an extra-mural course for 'student lay pastors',
Sean Flynn (photojournalist) McKay, a boat hijacker, and Larry Humphrey, an army deserter. The story of Sean Flynn was recounted by The Clash in the song "Sean Flynn" from the album "Combat Rock". Flynn has a prominent role in Michael Herr's book about his experiences as a war correspondent, "Dispatches". Flynn was portrayed by Kevin Dillon in the 1992 British/Australian miniseries "Frankie's House", based on a book by Flynn's friend and colleague, photojournalist Tim Page. In August 2008, "The Hollywood Reporter" announced that Mythic Films had optioned the rights to the Perry Deane Young memoir, "Two of the Missing". At that time, Young