Clyde Fenton Australia and headed outback, first to Wyndham, Western Australia and then on to Darwin. Fenton earned his pilot's licence with a goal to join the Royal Flying Doctor Service, but the founder, Reverend John Flynn, had a policy of not using doctors as pilots. As a result, Fenton privately raised money for an aircraft, and in March 1934 arrived in Katherine as the Government Medical Officer. He started an aerial ambulance rescue service which grew into the Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service. Calls for medical assistance came through the two RFDS stations at Cloncurry and Wyndham, and were relayed by
John Flynn (Australian politician) was a biochemistry tutor at the university, and from 1978 to 1982 a part-time analytical biochemist at Royal Brisbane Hospital. In 1983 he was appointed medical officer at the Royal Brisbane and Royal Children's Hospitals, before becoming a private general practitioner in Toowoomba in 1985. A member of the Labor Party and president of the Toowoomba North branch, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1989 as the member for Toowoomba North. He was defeated in 1992. John Flynn (Australian politician) John Gerard Flynn (born 21 May 1953) is a former Australian politician. He was a Member of