Australian Dictionary of Biography

11 December, 1909
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

8 May, 1991 (aged 81)
Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Penton, Brian Con (colleague)

• Bundaberg State High School (Qld) (student, 1922-1922)
• Brisbane Grammar School (student, 1923-1926)

• journalist (1934-1960) New South Wales, Australia
• soldier (1943-1944) Federal, Australia
• war correspondent (1944-1945) New South Wales, Australia
• military historian (1953-1960) New South Wales, Australia
• novelist (1972-1988) New South Wales, Australia
• autobiographer/memoirist (1978-1980) New South Wales, Australia

• World War II (soldier)

• Barbara Ramsden award (Fellowship of Australian Writers) (recipient, 1974)
• Miles Franklin Literary Award (recipient, 1974)

• Pyjama Girl case (Sydney, 1934) (journalist)

• Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, ?-1936)
• Daily Mail (Brisbane) newspaper (journalist, 1929-1933)
• Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (journalist, 1936-1940)
• Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (feature writer, 1940-1960)
• Australian Women's Weekly (journalist, 1957-1960)