After a school career dominated by success in sports, representing his school in rugby, cricket and boxing, and pressed by the family doctor to follow his chosen career, Deere persuaded his mother to sign the under 21 application for entry into the Royal Air Force.
After a school career dominated by success in sports, representing his school in rugby, cricket and boxing, Deere spent two years as a law clerk. Encouraged by his family doctor to follow his chosen career, Deere persuaded his mother to sign the under 21 application for entry into the Royal Air Force.