▁a ▁motor ▁vehicle . ▁" One ", ▁a ▁Wil ly s ▁army ▁je ep , ▁s its ▁in ▁Cor ry ong ▁to ▁this ▁day . ▁▁ ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁Country ▁Party ▁member ▁for ▁Ben amb ra ▁in ▁the ▁Victor ian ▁Legisl ative ▁Assembly ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁as ▁Att orney - General ▁from ▁June ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁to ▁ 2 7 ▁October ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁and ▁again ▁from ▁ 3 1 ▁October ▁to ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 2 . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁Sol ic itor - General ▁from ▁June ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁to ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁the ▁last ▁politician ▁to ▁hold ▁the ▁office , ▁replaced ▁by ▁a ▁non - polit ical ▁bar r ister , ▁Henry ▁Win ne ke . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁a ▁fundamental ▁shift ▁of ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Sol ic itors - General ▁in ▁Australia . ▁ ▁He ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁official ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁and ▁wrote ▁several ▁volumes ▁on ▁ski ing ▁and ▁local ▁history . ▁ ▁Mitchell ▁died ▁in ▁Melbourne ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁  ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 0 6 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 8 4 ▁death s ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Cor ry ong ▁Category : Al umn i ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge ▁Category : M embers ▁of ▁the ▁Victor ian ▁Legisl ative ▁Assembly ▁Category : World ▁War ▁II ▁prisoners