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Cameron, Archie Galbraith (1895–1956)

	Cameron, Archie Galbraith (1895–1956)
Born	22 March, 1895 Happy Valley, Adelaide , South Australia , Australia
Died	9 August, 1956 (aged 61) Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	Scottish
Religious Influence	Catholic Presbyterian
Education*	Nairne Primary School (SA) (student, 1901-1907)
Occupation*	soldier (1916-1919) Federal, Australia farmer (1919-1956) South Australia, Australia soldier-settler (1919-1919) South Australia, Australia local government councillor (1920-1924) South Australia, Australia local government councillor (1926-1927) South Australia, Australia country politician (1927-1934) South Australia, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1927-1934) South Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1927-1940) South Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1934-1940) Federal, Australia army officer (1940-1944) Federal, Australia intelligence officer (1940-1944) Federal, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1940-1956) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1940-1956) Federal, Australia
Military Service*	World War I (soldier) World War II (army officer) 27th Battalion (soldier, 1916-1918) Directorate of Military Intelligence (army officer, 1940-1944)
Key Events*	Queen Elizabeth coronation, 1953 (attended)
Political Activism*	Country Party (politician, 1924-1956)
Workplaces*	Parliament of Australia Loxton District Council (SA) (councillor, 1920-1924) Loxton District Council (SA) (councillor, 1926-1927) Parliament of South Australia (MLA, 1927-1934) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1934-1956) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Speaker, 1950-1956)

* Dates are approximate