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Life Summary

Name	Francis Patrick Clune
Alternative Names	Digger Clune
Born	27 November, 1893 Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	11 March, 1971 (aged 77) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Catholic 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Franklin, Miles (friend) Simpson, Edwin Colin (rival) Namatjira, Albert (acquaintance) Dobell, William (artist) Gomez, Gregory (related entry)
Education *	St Benedict's School (Chippendale, Sydney) (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1915-1916) Federal, Australia soldier (1915-1916) Federal, Australia accountant (1924-1971) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1933-1933) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1933-1971) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1933-1971) New South Wales, Australia travel writer (1933-1971) New South Wales, Australia radio entertainer (1945-1957) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (soldier, 1915-1916) 16th Battalion (soldier, 1915-1916) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (soldier, 1915-1916)
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1967)
Key Organisations *	Australian Comforts Fund (representative, 1941-1942)

* Dates are approximate