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Life Summary

Name	Sir Raymond Alfred Ferrall
Born	27 May, 1906 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died	1 June, 2000 (aged 94) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Education *	Invermay Primary School (Tas) (student, ?-1914) Launceston Church Grammar School (Tas) (student, 1915-1925)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1925-1928) Tasmania, Australia clerk (1928-1930) Tasmania, Australia travelling sales personnel (1930-1935) Tasmania, Australia cricketer (1933-1935) Tasmania, Australia business executive (1935-1942) Tasmania, Australia company director (1942-1983) Tasmania, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1974-1983) Tasmania, Australia historian (general) (1975-1985) Tasmania, Australia novelist (1976-1976) Tasmania, Australia
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1969) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1981)
Key Organisations *	Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (Working Party member) Chamber of Commerce (Launceston, Tas) (member) Launceston Historical Society (Tas) (member, ?-2000) Ludbrooks Ltd (chair of board, ?-1975) Qintex Ltd (company director, ?-1983) Tasmanian cricket team (player, 1933-1935) Northern Tasmanian Development League (chair, 1944) Launceston Church Grammar School (Tas) (chair of board, 1951-1958) Chamber of Commerce (Launceston, Tas) (president, 1961-1962) Launceston Church Grammar School (Tas) (chair of board, 1965-1969) Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania (associate commissioner, 1972-1978) Tasmanian College of Advanced Education (council chair, 1976) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (author, 1980-1996) Launceston Historical Society (Tas) (life member, 1995-2000)
Workplaces *	Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas) newspaper (journalist, 1926-1928) Mercury (Hobart) newspaper (sports writer, 1928) A. C. Ferrall Pty Ltd (employee, 1929) Examiner (Launceston) newspaper (journalist, 1930) A. C. Ferrall Pty Ltd (sales manager, 1936) A. C. Ferrall Pty Ltd (managing director, 1942)

* Dates are approximate