Life Summary

Name	Reginald Stephen Wilson Irving
Alternative Names	Wilson Irving
Born	2 May, 1912 Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 June, 1994 (aged 82) Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	emphysema
Related Entries	[View as tree] Lashwood, Hal (collaborator)
Education *	Warrawee Public School (Turramurra, NSW) (student, 1916-1927)
Occupation or Descriptor *	actor-manager (1927-1933) New South Wales, Australia actor (stage) (1933-1935) Overseas actor (stage) (1935-1938) New South Wales, Australia radio announcer (1938-1942) Queensland, Australia soldier (1942-1945) Federal, Australia radio announcer (1945-1946) Queensland, Australia radio announcer (1947-1956) New South Wales, Australia television producer (1956-1959) New South Wales, Australia television producer (1959-1974) Queensland, Australia radio announcer (1974-1977) Queensland, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1984)
Key Events *	Black Friday bushfires (January 1939) (fund raiser)
Workplaces *	Kursaal Theatre (NSW) (actor, 1930-1938) 4BH radio station (Brisbane) (radio presenter, 1938) Wilson Irving Players (leader, 1938-1938) 4BK radio station (Brisbane) (radio presenter, 1946-1947) 2GB radio station (Sydney) (radio presenter, 1947-1956) Channel 7 TV station (TV producer, 1956-1974) 4KQ radio station (Brisbane) (radio presenter, 1974-1977)

* Dates are approximate

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