People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

19 April, 1891
Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death

22 August, 1983 (aged 92)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.

• Anglican

Education

• Sydney Boys' High School
• University of Sydney

Occupation

• army officer
• geographer

Military Service

• World War I
• Battle of Amiens, 1918
• Battle of Fromelles, 1916
• Battle of Messines, 1917
• Battle of Mouquet Farm, 1916
• Battle of Polygon Wood, 1917
• Battle of Pozieres, 1916
• Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 1918
• 51st Battalion

Awards

• Victoria medal (Royal Geographical Society)
• University Medal (University of Sydney)
• Military Cross
• Croix de Guerre (France)

Key Organisations

• Australian Academy of the Humanities