People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

16 February, 1884
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Death

16 June, 1948 (aged 64)
Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

tuberculosis

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
• Irish

Education

• Violet Street Primary School (Bendigo, Vic)

Occupation or Descriptor

• army officer
• schoolteacher
• soldier

Military Service

• World War I
• Battle of Pozieres, 1916
• Victorian Volunteer Cadets
• 5th Infantry Brigade
• 4th Infantry Brigade
• 2nd Infantry Brigade
• 7th Battalion
• 10th Brigade

Awards

• Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)
• Distinguished Service Order
• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Knight Bachelor
• Companion of the Order of the Bath

Key Events

• centenary of Victoria, 1933
• centenary of Western Australia, 1929
• Royal Tour, 1927

Key Organisations

• Australian Women's Land Army
• Manpower Committee (WWII)
• Manpower Priorities Board (Commonwealth Department of Labour and National Service)

Workplaces

• Violet Street Primary School (Bendigo, Vic)