Reverend john flynn short biography

Australian Presbyterian minister and founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service

For other people named John Flynn, see John Flynn (disambiguation).

John FlynnOBE (25 November 1880 – 5 May 1951) was an Australian Presbyterianminister who founded the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) which later separated into Frontier Services and the Presbyterian Inland Mission, as well as founding what became the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the world's first air ambulance.

Early life

Flynn was born at Moliagul, central Victoria on 25 November, 1880. The third child of Thomas and Rosetta, John was raised in Sydney by his mother's sister after his mother died during childbirth. When he was five, John was reunited with his family at Snake Gully, near Ballarat.^[1] The Flynn family later moved to Sunshine in Melbourne's western suburbs.Educated at Snake Valley, Sunshine and Braybrook primary schools, he matriculated from University High School in Australian Christian History Research Institute NYKAN