People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

30 September, 1896
Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland

Death

20 October, 1992 (aged 96)
Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

heart disease

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
• Scottish

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.

• Anglican

Education

• Sydney Coaching College
• Royal Military College (ACT)

Occupation or Descriptor

• army officer
• civil engineer

Military Service

• World War I
• World War II
• Battle of El Alamein, 1942

Awards

• Military Cross
• Croix de Guerre (France)
• Distinguished Service Order
• Distinguished Service Order and Bar
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Key Events

• Queen Elizabeth coronation, 1953

Workplaces

• Shell Oil
• Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration