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Wallace Durack, who also had his office on Howard Street, which meant a lot of misdirected mail, and constant meet-ups to amend this. The name stuck, and he was known as John Peter, or JP forever more, although it seems he was still referred to John
William on the odd formal occasion. In 1917, JP took leave of his practice to enlist as a serviceman during World War 1. He served with the 10th Light Horse Brigade in Egypt, Palestine and Syria and by World War 2, he had the rank of Major in the Army Legal Corps.
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probate, criminal, litigation and commercial cases. He was appointed a Kings
Counsel in June 1939, at the age of fifty. He was also President of the Law Society of Western Australia from 1943 to 1945. Some of the most intriguing cases he was involved in come from the 1950s, including one which went to the Privy Council in London.
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In a long and distinguished legal career, JP Durack took on all kinds of cases with all kinds of people. He represented farmers, tradesmen and unionists, workers, lumpers, bar staff, beleaguered husbands and wives, politicians, store owners and recent migrants. He was involved in divorce, licensing,
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Dwyer Durack in 1915 and was born to Jerry "Galway" Durack and
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articles spread across every corner of the country. Despite this, Francis returned to the station and continued rearing the rest of the family, until it was sold in 1913.
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