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Life Summary

Name	Lionel Arthur Gilbert
Born	8 December, 1924 Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 January, 2015 (aged 90) New South Wales, 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 *	Burwood Public School (Sydney) (student, 1930-1936) Homebush Intermediate High School (Sydney) (student, 1937-1938) Fort Street Boys' High School (Sydney) (student, 1939-1941) University of New England (NSW) (student, ?-1962) University of New England (NSW) (student, ?-1972) Sydney Teachers' College (student, 1942-1942)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1943-1945) Federal, Australia schoolteacher (1946-1961) New South Wales, Australia nature writer (1960-2000) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1963-2000) New South Wales, Australia museum curator (1963-1984) New South Wales, Australia biographer (1984-1995) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Awards	Churchill Fellowship (recipient, 1972) Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1995)
Key Organisations *	Australian Council of National Trusts (patron) Society of Australian Genealogists (fellow, 1955-2015) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (author, 1963-1997) Royal Australian Historical Society (honorary fellow, 1997-2015) Federation of Australian Historical Societies (fellow, 2007-2015)
Workplaces *	Museum of Education (University of New England, Armidale) (curator, 1963-1984)

* Dates are approximate