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Name	Leslie Thornley Carron
Born	17 January, 1920 Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Died	19 September, 2004 (aged 84) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Education *	Townsville Grammar School (Qld) (student, 1932-1937) University of Queensland (student, 1938-1940) Australian Forestry School (Yarralumla, ACT) (student, 1946-1947) Oxford University (student, 1958-1958)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1941-1945) Federal, Australia forester (1948-1949) Queensland, Australia public servant (1948-1949) Queensland, Australia academic (1950-1985) Australian Capital Territory, Australia forester (1950-1985) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier) Royal Australian Survey Corps (soldier, 1941-1945)
Awards	N. W. Jolly medal (recipient, 1981)
Key Organisations *	Institute of Foresters of Australia (ACT) (member, 1951-2004) Institute of Foresters of Australia (fellow, 1971-2004)
Workplaces *	Australian Forestry School (Yarralumla, ACT) (academic, 1949-1965) Australian National University (forestry) (academic, 1965-1985)

* Dates are approximate

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