People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

10 March, 1916
Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Death

8 October, 1995 (aged 79)
Yarralumla, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Cause of Death

unknown

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.

• English

Education

• Brisbane State High School
• Royal Military College (ACT)

Occupation or Descriptor

• army officer
• company director

Military Service

• World War II
• Vietnam War
• Battle of Arnhem (1944)
• Borneo Campaign (1945)
• Normandy landings, 1944
• Syrian Campaign, 1941

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Companion of the Order of the Bath
• Member of the Order of Australia

Key Organisations

• Alcatel Australia
• Returned and Services League of Australia (Federal)