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Name	Sir Walter Russell Crocker
Born	25 March, 1902 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died	14 November, 2002 (aged 100) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Education *	Peterborough State School (SA) (student, 1915-1918) University of Adelaide (student, 1920-1924) Oxford University (student, 1925-1927) Stanford University (USA) (student, 1928-1930)
Occupation or Descriptor *	defence forces personnel (British) (1939-1945) Overseas diplomat (1952-1970) Federal, Australia public servant (1952-1970) Federal, Australia lieutenant-governor (1973-1982) South Australia, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (British army officer)
Awards	Croix de Guerre (France) (recipient) Ordre du Lion (recipient) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1955) Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1977)
Workplaces *	International Labour Organisation (Geneva) (officer, 1934-1939) United Nations secretariat (head of African section, 1946-1949) Australian National University (academic, 1949-1950) Australian National University (vice-chancellor, 1951-1951) Dept of External Affairs (federal) (diplomat, 1952-1970)

* Dates are approximate

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