People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

22 July, 1910
Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

29 September, 1983 (aged 73)
London, Middlesex, England

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Presbyterian

Education

• Scotch College (Melbourne)
• University of Melbourne

Occupation or Descriptor

• essayist
• historian (general)
• journalist
• travel writer
• war correspondent

Military Service

• World War II

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Officer of the Order of Australia

Key Events

• Spanish Civil war, 1936-39

Workplaces

• Herald (Melbourne) newspaper