People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Johns, Richard

Birth

15 June, 1915
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Death

12 December, 1991 (aged 76)
Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Cause of Death

unknown

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English
• Welsh

Education

• Perth Boys' School
• Perth Modern School

Occupation or Descriptor

• music director
• music producer
• music teacher
• police officer
• radio entertainer
• soldier
• trade union official

Awards

• Member of the Order of Australia

Key Organisations

• ALP (WA)
• Australia Council for the Arts
• Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
• Western Australian Alcohol and Drug Authority
• Wiluna Musical Society (WA)
• Western Australian Musicians' Industrial Union of Workers
• UnionsWA
• Western Australian Arts Council

Workplaces

• Royal Perth Hospital
• Police Force (WA)
• 6GE radio station (Geraldton, WA)
• Harry Bluck's School of Music
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation