Draft:Sydney Frost (judge)

Sir Sydney Frost QC
Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea
In office February 1975 – November 1977
Preceded by	John Minogue
Succeeded by	William Prentice
Justice of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea
In office November 1964 – February 1975
Personal details
Born	(1916-02-13)13 February 1916 Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia
Died	20 April 1997(1997-04-20) (aged 81) Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Spouse	Dorothy Kelly ​ (m. 1943)​
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Lawyer

Sir Thomas Sydney Frost (13 February 1916 – 20 April 1997) was an Australian judge. He served on the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea from 1964 to 1977, including as the inaugural chief justice from 1975 to 1977. His tenure on the court began during the period as an Australian-administered territory and spanned the first few years after independence in 1975.

Early life

Frost was born on 13 February 1916 in Ascot Vale, Victoria. He was the first of three sons born to Mary Andrea (née Fredericks) and Thomas Charles Frost. His father was a draughtsman for the Victorian Railways.

Frost's father died of tuberculosis in 1919 and his mother died of the same disease in 1927. After being orphaned he and his brothers were raised by their half-sister Maisie Gillard. He