Gordon Stewart McArthur, 1913
(Shooting Team)
Following convalescence in 1918, he attended Jesus College, Cambridge graduating in Mechanical Science with 3rd Class Honours in 1921. In spite of his misfortune he stroked the Jesus College Eight for the Lent races, and rowed bow in the Head of the River races at Cambridge in 1919. After his return to Australia he commenced working as an engineer with Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd (BHP) at Newcastle and Whyalla. In 1926, he returned to England to study law and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, London in 1929. He was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1930. He did not however, practise law for long as in 1935, he inherited the family property Meningoort near Camperdown which he decided to manage. A year later, he married the daughter of Sir George Syme, Theodosia at Toorak. Despite his disability he was a dedicated horseman and became a keen golfer. One of his activities at Meningoort was thoroughbred horse breeding and his horse Chicquita was one of his more notable successes.