People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

28 August, 1917
Hughenden, Queensland, Australia

Death

24 August, 1978 (aged 60)
Cherbourg, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

stroke

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.

• Indigenous Australian
• Chinese
• Guwa

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.

• Baptist

Occupation

• Boy Scouts' leader
• carpenter
• Indigenous craftworker
• Indigenous leader
• Indigenous welfare official
• Rugby League player

Awards

• Imperial Service Medal

Legacies

• Jack O'Chin Oval (Cherbourg, Qld)

Key Organisations

• Aborigines Inland Mission Peoples Church (Qld)
• Cherbourg Welfare Association (Qld)
• Cherbourg Community Council (Qld)
• Queensland Aboriginal Advisory Council

Key Places

• Cherbourg settlement (Qld)