Life Summary - David St Alban Dexter - Australian Dictionary of Biography

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Dexter, David St Alban (1917–1992)

	Dexter, David St Alban (1917–1992)
Born	8 January, 1917 St Albans , Hertfordshire , England
Died	15 March, 1992 (aged 75) Canberra , Australian Capital Territory , Australia
Cultural Heritage	English
Religious Influence	Anglican
Related Entries [View as tree]	Casey, Richard Gavin Gardiner (work colleague) Evatt, Herbert Vere (work colleague) Martin, Leslie Harold (work colleague)
Education*	Geelong Grammar School (Vic) (student, 1929-1935) University of Melbourne (student, ?-1940)
Occupation*	army officer (1941-1945) Federal, Australia public servant (1945-1967) Federal, Australia military historian (1946-1959) Australian Capital Territory, Australia diplomat (1959-1960) Federal, Australia university employee (1968-1978) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Military Service*	World War II (army officer)
Key Events*	Colombo Plan (public servant)
Workplaces*	Dept of External Affairs (federal) (public servant, 1946) Australian Universities Commission (secretary, 1960-1967) Australian National University (administration) (registrar, 1967-1978)

* Dates are approximate