Sir John Keith Angas (30 January 1900 – 13 April 1977) was a pastoralist in

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. He was born at Lindsay Park near Angaston. He was the fourth child of

Charles Howard Angas Charles Howard Angas (21 April 1861 – 11 December 1928) was a pastoralist in South Australia. History John Howard Angas (5 October 1823 – 17 May 1904) and Susanne Angas née Collins (c. 1834 – 14 April 1910) met and were married in England ...

and his wife Etty (née Dean), and a great-grandson of

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. Angas married Gwynnyth Fay Good, granddaughter of merchant Thomas Good, in 1924 and in 1928 inherited the Lindsay Park property where he bred sheep, horses and deer. He enlisted in the

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in 1939 and was posted to the 13th Field Brigade,

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. In 1942 he transferred to the Australian Imperial Force and joined the

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as a captain and remained in the army until July 1944. He sold Lindsay Park to a group led by

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in 1965. Angas was involved in many significant South Australian organisations. He was president of the

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from 1947 to 1950; chairman of the

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from 1952 to 1962; the

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, Graziers' Federal Council of Australia 1939 to 1940;

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; Bagot's Executor and Trustee Company; president of the

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of South Australia from 1973 to 1975. Angas was conferred a Knight Bachelor in the 1952 Queens Birthday Honours list in recognition of service to the pastoral industry.

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