People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

5 January, 1906
Aldershot, Hampshire, England

Death

7 September, 1998 (aged 92)
Glen Huntly, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

oesophageal stricture

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.

• Scottish
• English

Education

• Morgan Academy (Dundee, Scotland)
• University of Melbourne

Occupation or Descriptor

• army officer
• ex-service leader
• office manager

Military Service

• World War II
• 2nd Medium Regiment (CMF)
• 3rd Division (RAA)
• 3rd Division Engineers
• Southern Command
• 2/4th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
• 2/5th Field Regiment

Awards

• Distinguished Service Order
• Efficiency Decoration (Australian Military Forces)
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Knight Bachelor
• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Key Organisations

• Patriotic Funds Council of Victoria
• Raffles and Bingo Permits Board
• RSL War Widows and Widowed Mothers Trust
• War Veterans Homes Trust
• Returned and Services League of Australia (Vic)
• Returned and Services League of Australia (Federal)
• Royal Humane Society of Australasia

Workplaces

• State Electricity Commission of Victoria