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Life Summary

Name	Bertram Russell Wyllie
Born	9 May, 1894 Barrington, Tasmania, Australia
Died	5 September, 1986 (aged 92) Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious Influence	Methodist 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 *	Queen's College (University of Melbourne) (student, 1921-1925) University of Melbourne (student, 1921-1925)
Occupation *	soldier (1912-1916) Federal, Australia farmer (1916-1919) Tasmania, Australia Methodist minister (1929-1934) Tasmania, Australia Methodist minister (1934-1943) Victoria, Australia air force chaplain (1943-1945) Federal, Australia college warden (1943-1964) New South Wales, Australia Methodist minister (1943-1986) New South Wales, Australia university administrator (1966-1969) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (soldier) attack on the Hindenburg Line near Bellicourt, 1918 (soldier) Battle of Passchendaele, 1917 (soldier) Battle of Peronne, 1918 (soldier) Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 1918 (soldier) 15th Machine Gun Company (soldier, 1916)
Legacies *	Rev. Bertram Wyllie Scholarship (Wesley College, Uni of Sydney) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Council for Civil Liberties (NSW) (member) Rotary Club of Sydney (member) Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (Sydney) (board member) Australian Student Christian Movement (Vic) (member, 1921-1925) Australian Student Christian Movement (national) (secretary, 1926-1929) Australian Student Christian Movement (national) (vice chair, 1944) Australian Student Christian Movement (NSW) (chair, 1944)
Workplaces *	Wesley College (University of Sydney) (master, 1943-1964) University of Sydney (administration) (deputy chancellor, 1966-1969)

* Dates are approximate