Australian Dictionary of Biography

18 October 1888
Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia

3 November 1974
Nelson, New Zealand

• Scottish

• schoolteacher (1908-1914) Tasmania, Australia
• army officer (1915-1922) Federal, Australia
• prison camp superintendent (1916-1922) Victoria, Australia
• prison governor (1922-1923) Victoria, Australia
• radio station manager (1923-1935) Victoria, Australia
• public service head (1933-1935) Victoria, Australia
• radio director (1933-1935) Victoria, Australia
• public servant (1938-1938) Tasmania, Australia
• army officer (1940-1944) Federal, Australia