Australian Dictionary of Biography

31 March, 1918
Echuca, Victoria, Australia

3 December, 2000 (aged 82)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

• Princes Street Primary School (student, 1923-1928)
• Hobart City High School (student, 1929-1933)
• Hobart High School (Tas) (student, 1934-1935)
• Teachers' College, Hobart (student, 1936-1937)
• University of Tasmania (student, 1945-1946)

• schoolteacher (1938-1940) Tasmania, Australia
• navy officer (1940-1946) Federal, Australia
• schoolteacher (1946-1979) Tasmania, Australia
• school principal (1961-1965) Tasmania, Australia

• World War II (navy officer)
• Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-45 (naval officer)
• Royal Australian Naval Reserve (navy officer)

• Distinguished Service Cross (recipient, 1944)
• Distinguished Service Cross and Bar (recipient, 1944)
• Distinguished Service Cross and Second Bar (recipient, 1944)

• Good Neighbour Council (Tas) (member, 1950-1985)
• Tasmanian Teachers' Federation (president, 1955-1956)
• Maritime Museum of Tasmania (volunteer, 1970-1990)

• Devonport High School (Tas) (teacher, 1947-1949)
• Burnie High School (Tas) (teacher, 1949-1951)
• Teachers' College, Hobart (principal, 1950-1953)
• Hobart High School (Tas) (teacher, 1952-1961)
• Rose Bay High School (principal, 1961-?)