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Life Summary

Name	Harry Frederick Heath
Born	8 January, 1903 Tatura, Victoria, Australia
Died	13 July, 1992 (aged 89) Carss Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Wurth, Wallace Charles (colleague) Wyndham, Harold Stanley (colleague) Lewis, Samuel Phineas (opposer) Rydge, Norman Bede (related entry)
Education *	Albury High School (NSW) (student, 1909-1914) Thurgoona Public School (NSW) (student, 1915-1920) Sydney Teachers' College (student, 1921-1926)
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1927-1933) New South Wales, Australia school principal (1934-1952) New South Wales, Australia army officer (1943-1945) Federal, Australia trade union official (1952-1954) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1955-1968) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (army officer) Volunteer Defence Corps (army officer)
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1973)
Key Organisations *	Art Gallery of New South Wales (director) Sutherland Hospital (Caringbah, Sydney) (chair of boar) Headmasters' Association (federal) (president, 1952) Public Service Board (NSW) (member, 1955-1968) University of New South Wales (administration) (council member, 1955-1981) New South Wales Conservatorium of Music (chair of board, 1973-1977)
Political Activism *	anti-state aid to religious schools
Workplaces *	Narrandera Intermediate High School (NSW) (deputy principal, 1930-1931) West Wyalong Intermediate High School (NSW) (principal, 1930-1940) Norfolk Island Public School (principal, 1934-1938) Deniliquin Intermediate High School (NSW) (principal, 1940-1945) Brighton-le-Sands Central School (NSW) (principal, 1945-1949) Gladesville Public School (NSW) (principal, 1949-1951)

* Dates are approximate