People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

9 August, 1907
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia

Death

1 February, 1997 (aged 89)
South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

heart disease

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.

• Catholic

Education

• Sellheim State School (Qld)
• Tinana State School (Qld)
• Kingaroy State School (Qld)
• Kingaroy High School (Qld)
• St Laurence's College (Brisbane)
• St Joseph's College (Gregory Terrace, Brisbane)
• University of Queensland
• Oxford University

Occupation

• academic
• army officer
• linguist

Military Service

• World War II
• Battle of Milne Bay, 1942
• Borneo Campaign (1945)
• Queensland University Detachment

Awards

• Rhodes Scholar
• Chevalier of the Legion d’honneur (France)

Key Organisations

• Australasian Universities Modern Languages Association
• University of Queensland Staff Association
• University of Queensland Union
• Alliance Française de Brisbane
• Modern Language Teachers Association of Queensland
• Modern Language Teachers' Association of Queensland
• University of Queensland (administration)

Workplaces

• University of Queensland (French)