Arthur Hoyle

Arthur Robert Hoyle (1922 - 2 May 2012) is an Australian historian and biographer. Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1922 to Arthur Hoyle (1896–1971) and Gertrude Underwood (1895–1972), he served in the Royal Air Force as a navigator during World War II with 460 Squadron and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He returned to Australia and married Moira Peisley (1924–1998). He has four sons, Arthur, Phillip, Warwick and Andrew (dec).

He served in the Australian Public Service and later taught Administration at the University of Canberra. He holds the degrees of BA (Hons) and Dip Ed (University of Sydney) and M.SocSci (University of Birmingham).

He is best known for his biographies.

He died on 2 May 2012 at Calvary Retirement Community Canberra.

Biographies

• King O'Malley: The American Bounder, A.R. Hoyle, Macmillan, Melbourne, 1981
• Roderick Flanagan: A bright flame too soon extinguished, A.R. Hoyle, SP, Canberra, 1988
• Into the Darkness: A personal memoir (Autobiography), A.R. Hoyle, SP, Canberra, 1989
• Eddie Ward: The Truest Labor Man, A.R. Hoyle, SP, Canberra, 1994
• The Life of John Hunter: Navigator, Governor, Admiral, A.R. Hoyle, Mulini Press, Canberra, 2001
• Hughie Edwards VC: The Fortunate Airman, A.R Hoyle, Mulini Press, Canberra, 2001

Autobiography

• Into the Darkness - One Young Australian's Journey from Sydney to the deadly skies over Germany 1939-1945 by Arthur Hoyle, DFC, Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2012, ISBN 978-0-98709-22--4

References

   5. An oral history of Arthur's participation in the War, located at the Australian War Memorial

http://www.awm.gov.au/transcripts/s01266_tran.pdf

External links

• Hughie Edwards Review
• Bibliography at the National Library of Australia