People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

2 June, 1913
Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

10 June, 1997 (aged 84)
Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

cancer (prostate)

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.

• Churches of Christ

Education

• University of Melbourne
• University of Sydney (law)

Occupation or Descriptor

• army officer
• book publisher
• bookseller
• political writer
• socialist
• trade union official

Military Service

• World War II

Awards

• Military Cross

Key Organisations

• Australian Society of Authors (NSW)
• Committee for the Defence of Democracy in Greece
• Professional Radio Employees' Institute of Australasia (NSW)
• League for Democracy in Greece (NSW)
• Council for Civil Liberties (NSW)
• P.E.N. Club (Sydney)

Political Activism

• Australian Labor Party
• socialist

Workplaces

• Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd
• Alpha Books