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Life Summary

Name	Sir Lawrence Walter Jackson
Born	27 September, 1913 Dulwich, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	5 June, 1993 (aged 79) Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Religious Influence	Congregational 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] Jackson, Lawrence Stanley (father) Wolff, Albert Asher (work colleague) Prescott, Stanley Lewis (colleague)
Education *	Fort Street Boys' High School (Sydney) (student, 1926-1931) University of Sydney (student, 1931-1937)
Occupation or Descriptor *	barrister (1937-1949) Western Australia, Australia solicitor (1937-1976) Western Australia, Australia soldier (1942-1944) Federal, Australia judge (1949-1976) Western Australia, Australia university chancellor (1968-1981) Western Australia, Australia chief justice (1969-1976) Western Australia, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier, 1942-1944)
Awards	Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1964) Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1970)
Key Organisations *	Western Australian Bar Association (member, 1937-1976) Western Australian Cricket Association (president, 1951-1963) National Trust of Australia (WA) (chair, 1959-1966)
Workplaces *	University of Western Australia (law) (lecturer, 1946-1949) Court of Arbitration (WA) (judge, 1949-1954) Supreme Court of WA (judge, 1949-1969) University of Western Australia (admin) (senate member, 1958-1981) University of Western Australia (admin) (chancellor, 1968-1981) Supreme Court of WA (chief justice, 1969-1976)

* Dates are approximate