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Name	Raymond Kershaw
Born	3 May, 1898 Wahroonga, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 March, 1981 (aged 82) Windsor, Berkshire, England
Education *	Gordon Public School (NSW) (student, 1903-1910) Sydney Boys' High School (student, 1911-1914) University of Sydney (student, 1915-1918) Oxford University (student, 1919-1922) Sorbonne University (France) (student, 1923)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1915-1918) Federal, Australia army officer (1918-1918) Federal, Australia diplomat (1924-1929) Overseas bank employee (1929-1953) Overseas
Military Service *	World War I (soldier) Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 1918 (army officer) 22nd Machine Gun Company (soldier, 1915-1917) 2nd Machine Gun Battalion (army officer, 1917)
Awards	George Arnold Wood Memorial Prize for History I (University of Sydney) (recipient, 1915) Military Cross (recipient, 1918) Rhodes Scholar (recipient, 1918) Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1947)
Key Events *	Ottawa Conference, 1934 (UK delegate)
Key Organisations *	Commercial Banking Company of Sydney (board member, 1964-1966)
Workplaces *	League of Nations (employee, 1924-1929) Bank Of England (adviser, 1929-1953)

* Dates are approximate

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