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Life Summary

Name	Sir Charles Joseph Moses
Born	21 January, 1900 Westhoughton, Lancashire, England
Died	9 February, 1988 (aged 88) Turramurra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Deamer, Sydney Harold (friend) McGilvray, Alan David (employee) Cleary, William James (work colleague) James, William Garnet (work colleague) Heinze, Bernard Thomas (work colleague) Goossens, Eugene Aynsley (colleague) Duckmanton, Talbot Sydney (colleague) Stout, Alan Ker (acquaintance) Ashworth, Henry Ingham (acquaintance) Calwell, Arthur Augustus (opposer) Pugh, Clifton Ernest (artist) Bennett, Henry Gordon (senior officer)
Occupation *	sales representative (1925-1930) Victoria, Australia public servant (1930-1933) Victoria, Australia radio sports broadcaster (1930-1933) Victoria, Australia public servant (1933-1965) New South Wales, Australia radio sports broadcaster (1933-1934) New South Wales, Australia public service head (1935-1965) New South Wales, Australia radio station manager (1935-1965) New South Wales, Australia army officer (1940-1943) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (army officer)
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1954) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1961) Australian Media Hall of Fame (inductee, 2017)
Legacies *	Charles Moses Stadium (Sydney Showground) (eponym) Sir Charles Moses Young Performer's Trophy (ABC Music Young Performer of Year) (eponym) Sir Charles Moses Young Performer's Trophy (ABC Music Young Performer of Year) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (member, 1954-1988) Sydney Opera House Trust (member, 1961-1988) Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales (vice president, 1969)
Workplaces *	Australian Broadcasting Corporation (sports broadcaster) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (general manager, 1935-1964)

* Dates are approximate