Early Life
Punch was born in Inverell in 1928, the son of Thomas Sydney Punch, a local Doctor, and was educated at Inverell High School and then later at The King's School, Parramatta. Upon graduating he worked on his family's properties from 1947 to 1959 at Jerrys Plains and Barraba. It was here that he first entered politics in 1956 when he was elected as a Councillor on Barraba Shire Council, on which he served until he resigned to enter the NSW parliament in 1959. On 15 September 1960 he married Suzette Meyers and together had two sons.
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