Frank Packer
Australian media proprietor
Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer KBE, OStJ, was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine Network. He was a patriarch of the Packer family. Wikipedia
Born: December 3, 1906, Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia
Died: May 1, 1974 (age 67 years), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia
Spouse: Florence Vincent (m. 1964) and Gretel Bullmore-Packer (m. 1934)
Children: Kerry Packer and Clyde Packer
Parents: R. C. Packer and Ethel Maude Packer
Education: Shore School and Abbotsholme College
Grandchildren: James Packer, Gretel Packer, and Francis Clyde Packer
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