People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

21 August, 1921
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Death

3 October, 2007 (aged 86)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 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.

• Methodist

Education

• North Sydney Boys High School
• University of Sydney
• Sydney Teachers' College
• Australian National University

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• air force officer
• airman/woman
• communist
• historian (general)
• labour historian
• public servant
• soldier

Military Service

• World War II

Key Organisations

• Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ACT)
• Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU)
• Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (federal)

Political Activism

• Vietnam war opponent
• Communist Party (NSW)

Workplaces

• Dept of Education (federal)
• Dept of Customs (federal)
• Dept of Labour & National Service
• University of New England (history)
• Australian National University (history)