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Name	Brian Herbert Bednall
Born	5 July, 1904 Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	15 April, 1988 (aged 83) South Australia, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Corbin, Horace Hugh (teacher)
Education *	St Peter's College (Adelaide) (student, 1918-1921) University of Adelaide. School of Forestry (student, 1922-1924)
Occupation or Descriptor *	forester (1925-1947) Western Australia, Australia public servant (1925-1947) Western Australia, Australia forester (1947-1969) South Australia, Australia public servant (1947-1969) South Australia, Australia public service head (1947-1969) South Australia, Australia
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1963)
Key Organisations *	Institute of Foresters of Australia (founding member, 1935) Institute of Foresters of Australia (member, 1935-1988) Institute of Foresters of Australia (president, 1961-1961)
Workplaces *	Forestry service (WA) (forester, 1925-1947) Forestry service (SA) (head, 1947-1969)

* Dates are approximate

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