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Life Summary

Name	Sir Talbot Sydney Duckmanton
Born	26 October, 1921 South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	12 June, 1995 (aged 73) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican 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.
Education *	Fort Street Boys' High School (Sydney) (student, 1933-1933) Newington College (Sydney) (student, 1934-1938)
Occupation or Descriptor *	radio announcer (1939-1949) New South Wales, Australia radio sports broadcaster (1939-1941) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1941-1943) Federal, Australia air force officer (1943-1945) Federal, Australia radio station manager (1949-1952) Queensland, Australia radio station manager (1953-1957) Tasmania, Australia television station executive (1955-1964) New South Wales, Australia broadcasting executive (1964-1982) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (airforce officer)
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1971) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1979)
Key Events *	Queen Elizabeth coronation, 1953 (journalist)
Key Organisations *	Australian Institute of Management (NSW) (fellow) Legacy (Sydney) (president) Visnews (trustee) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (general manager, 1964-1982) Newington College (Sydney) (council member, 1964-1972) Australian Administrative Staff College (council member, 1968-1982) Newington College (Sydney) (council chair, 1968-1972) Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (president, 1973-1977) Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (president, 1975-1982)
Workplaces *	Australian Broadcasting Corporation (radio announcer, 1939-1949) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (assistant manager, 1951-1952) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (general manager, 1964-1982)

* Dates are approximate