Australian Dictionary of Biography

• Davies, Harold Francis

13 August, 1915
Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

26 March, 1992 (aged 76)
Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

cancer (not specified)

• English

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

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• Rene, Roy (work colleague)
• Davey, John Andrew (work colleague)
• Fennell, William John (work colleague)
• Wilson Irving, Reginald Stephen (collaborator)

• vaudeville performer (1932-1941) New South Wales, Australia
• radio entertainer (1941-1970) New South Wales, Australia
• trade union official (1941-1976) New South Wales, Australia
• pacifist (1950-1960) New South Wales, Australia
• television presenter (1956-1968) New South Wales, Australia
• television quiz master (1958-1965) New South Wales, Australia
• local government councillor (1977-1987) New South Wales, Australia

• Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1982)

• Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia (member, 1931)
• Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia (council member, 1941-1976)
• Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia (president, 1951-1976)
• Australian National Television Council (chairman, 1963)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (board member, 1973-1976)

• ALP (councillor, 1977-1987)

• J. C. Williamson (dancer, 1931-1933)
• Waverley Council (Sydney) (alderman, 1977-1987)