People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

16 May, 1913
Rosewood, Queensland, Australia

Death

26 May, 1991 (aged 78)
Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

heart 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.

• Churches of Christ
• Methodist

Education

• Rosewood State School (Qld)
• Lockyer District State High School (Qld)
• Ipswich Technical College (Qld)

Occupation or Descriptor

• company director
• company manager
• liberal/conservative politician
• Member of Lower House
• newspaper employee
• premier
• sales representative

Awards

• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Legacies

• Gordon Chalk Society

Key Organisations

• Birch, Carroll & Coyle
• Clyde Engineering Co Pty Ltd

Workplaces

• Rosewood Register and Marburg Mail (Qld) newspaper
• Toowoomba Foundry (Qld)