People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

18 July, 1918
Cheltenham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

30 August, 1994 (aged 76)
Greenslopes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

kidney disease

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.

• Uniting

Education

• Mordialloc Secondary College (Melbourne)

Occupation or Descriptor

• horticulturist
• soldier

Military Service

• World War II
• Syrian Campaign, 1941

Awards

• Churchill Fellowship
• Member of the Order of Australia

Key Organisations

• 4BH radio station (Brisbane)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Courier-Mail (Brisbane) newspaper
• Queensland Council of Garden Clubs
• Royal Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation (Qld)
• Royal Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation

Workplaces

• Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
• Adelaide Botanic Garden
• Brisbane Botanic Gardens
• Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha