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Life Summary

Name	Charles Wooller Marshall
Born	19 February, 1904 Merinda, Queensland, Australia
Died	25 August, 1991 (aged 87) Wahroonga, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Leahy, Michael James (colleague) Foxall, Henry George (employer)
Education *	Newington College (Sydney) (student, 1919-1922)
Occupation or Descriptor *	surveyor (1928-1939) Papua New Guinea goldmine manager (1929-1939) Papua New Guinea public servant (1939-1954) New South Wales, Australia road engineer (1939-1947) New South Wales, Australia air force officer (1942-1945) Federal, Australia mining engineer (1947-1954) New South Wales, Australia coalmine consultant (1959-1985) New South Wales, Australia mining consultant (1959-1985) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (airforce officer)
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1981)
Key Organisations *	Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (member, ?-1991) Institution of Surveyors (Aust) (member, ?-1991) Institution of Surveyors (Aust) (fellow, 1937-1991) Davis Contractors Pty Ltd (employee, 1954-1959) Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (councillor, 1964-1974) Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (president, 1969-1969) Minerals Industry Consultants Association (chair, 1981-1983) Minerals Industry Consultants Association (founding member, 1981-1981) Minerals Industry Consultants Association (member, 1981-1991)
Workplaces *	Oriomo Oil Ltd (employee, 1927-1929) New Guinea Goldfields Ltd (employee, 1929) Main Roads Board (NSW) (public servant, 1939-1945) Joint Coal Board (Cwlth and NSW) (employee, 1947-1954)

* Dates are approximate