Australian Dictionary of Biography

24 February, 1908
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia

13 September, 1985 (aged 77)
Bangkok, Thailand

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• McClemans, William Joseph (father-in-law)
• Sanders, Dorothy Lucy (sister-in-law)
• McClemans, Sheila Mary (sister-in-law)
• Hancock, Langley Frederick (business partner)
• Rodd, John Miller (acquaintance)
• Newton, Maxwell (associate)

• Hale School (Wembly Downs, WA) (student, 1920-1925)

• accountant (1930-1938) Western Australia, Australia
• asbestos mine owner (1934-1955) Western Australia, Australia
• company manager (1938-1949) Western Australia, Australia
• mining investor (1938-1985) Western Australia, Australia
• company managing director (1949-1985) Western Australia, Australia
• mining industry leader/promoter (1959-1985) Western Australia, Australia
• iron ore mine owner (1960-1985) Western Australia, Australia
• newspaper owner (1969-1984) Western Australia, Australia

• Order of St Olav (Norway) (recipient, 1951)

• Bank of New South Wales (employee, 1926-1927)
• Ford, Rhodes & Davies (employee, 1927-1928)
• F. W. Wright & Co (employee, 1928-1930)
• E. A. Wright & Co (owner, 1930-1949)
• Wrights Ltd (managing director, 1949)
• Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd (co-owner, 1963-1985)