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On the 23 February, 1908, a great man was born, and he was named William McMahon after his father who had the same name. McMahon lived with his parents for a while and was an only child. One day tragically McMahon’s parents died, so he was taken to live with his relatives. He was an only child, so had a mostly lonely childhood.
While McMahon was being raised by his relatives, he attended Sydney Grammar School. After he graduated, McMahon started University of Sydney to study law. After a while of university, McMahon decided to enlist for the army and he got picked. While in the army, McMahon rose ranks several times, until he reached a high rank of major, and in the army he did many special missions. For example, during one tour he was sent to Europe to study the leftovers of World War II. In general, he made lots of trips to different countries to investigate war problems. When he finished up in the army, he went to back to university to study law, and while he was in the university he did boxing and dancing.
After McMahon finished studying law and when he graduated, McMahon joined the Labour Party, and then served in the House of Representatives. In 1971, at the age of 63, McMahon became Prime Minister; he replaced John Grey Gorton as Prime Minister. McMahon served as Prime Minister for 21 years. Whilst being Prime Minister he did many things, like visiting China to add Vietnam troops, and he was one of the first prime ministers to allow Aboriginal rights. Unfortunately, on the next elections McMahon got voted out but he stayed in the Labour Party for a little longer.
After McMahon’s hard work as Prime Minister, he retired at 1988. McMahon received $500,000 after he retired and with this money he went to America. When McMahon got too old to travel, he decided to work. After looking for a job, he found one he liked, and for a while he worked as the consultant for Bank of America. On the Queen’s birthday, McMahon flew to Great Britain and there he got knighted to the Commander of Order.
One tragic day, McMahon caught cancer, and every day the disease got worse and worse. William McMahon spent the day at Potts Point on that tragic day when he died of cancer at the age of 80. A few weeks later a state memorial was held in Sydney to the great Prime Minister.
“Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give in to hopelessness or despair”.
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