People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

9 December, 1913
Greenbushes, Western Australia, Australia

Death

4 February, 2000 (aged 86)
Larrakeyah, Northern Territory, Australia

Cause of Death

spinal cord injury

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.

• German
• Scottish

Education

• Greenbushes Primary School (WA)
• Bunbury High School (WA)
• University of Western Australia
• University of Melbourne

Occupation or Descriptor

• air force officer
• ombudsman (State)
• public servant
• schoolteacher
• soldier

Military Service

• World War II

Awards

• Hackett bursaries (University of Western Australia)
• Member of the Order of the British Empire
• Member of the Order of Australia

Key Events

• Cyclone Tracey, Darwin, 1974
• Northern Territory self-government (1978)
• referendum on Indigenous rights (1967)

Key Organisations

• Marriage Guidance Council (NT)
• Darwin Disaster Welfare Council
• Sir Robert Menzies National Foundation for Health Fitness and Physical Achievement (NT)
• Charles Darwin University (Menzies School of Health Research)

Workplaces

• Dept of Public Instruction (Qld)
• Dept of Health (Federal)
• Public Service Board (Federal)
• Northern Territory administration
• Northern Territory Legislative Council
• Dept of Aboriginal Affairs (federal)