Charlie Lynn

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.