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Baer, Werner Felix (1914–1992)

	Baer, Werner Felix (1914–1992)
Born	29 April, 1914 Berlin , Germany
Died	28 January, 1992 (aged 77) St Leonards, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Cultural Heritage	German
Religious Influence	Jewish
Related Entries [View as tree]	Neate, Kenneth James (friend) Mathy, Marianne Helene (colleague) Dowd, Eric Ronald (pupil) Dupain, Maxwell Spencer (artist) Dawson, Peter Smith (related entry) Antill, John Henry (related entry)
Occupation*	internee (1940-1942) Victoria, Australia organist (1940-1992) New South Wales, Australia pianist (1940-1992) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1942-1945) Federal, Australia composer (1944-1992) New South Wales, Australia choir leader (1945-1992) New South Wales, Australia music conductor (1945-1992) New South Wales, Australia music director (1945-1992) New South Wales, Australia music teacher (1945-1992) New South Wales, Australia music administrator (1951-1979) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service*	World War II (soldier) Internment camp (Tatura, Vic) (internee, 1940-1942)
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1977)
Key Organisations*	Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (patron) Australian Federated Music Clubs (vice president) Fellowship of Australian Writers (NSW) (patron) Hurlstone Choral Society (conductor) Musica Viva (Sydney) (patron) National Lieder Society (office bearer) Savage Club (Sydney) (member) Savage Club (Sydney) (chair) Sydney Male Choir (conductor) Sydney Schubert Society Inc (patron) Temple Emanuel (Sydney) (choirmaster) Wagner Society (NSW) (life-member) Workers' Educational Association (NSW) (patron) Great Synagogue (Sydney) (choirmaster, 1946-1950) Great Synagogue (Sydney) (choirmaster, 1961-1964)
Workplaces*	Australian Broadcasting Corporation (employee, 1951-1979)

* Dates are approximate