People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

3 October, 1899
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Death

12 October, 1993 (aged 94)
Berwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

stroke

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

• Boulder Primary School (WA)
• Royal Australian Naval College
• Royal Naval Staff College (Greenwich, UK)
• Imperial Defence College (London)

Occupation or Descriptor

• navy officer
• poultry farmer

Military Service

• World War I

Awards

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

Key Events

• Ash Wednesday bushfires (1983)