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Life Summary

Name	Winston D'Arcy O'Reilly
Born	27 April, 1913 Roseville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 January, 2000 (aged 86) Belrose, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	dementia
Religious Influence	Methodist Uniting 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] O'Reilly, Susannah Hennessy (aunt) Gilmore, Mary Jean (related entry)
Education *	Gordon Public School (NSW) (student, 1917-1923) North Sydney Boys High School (student, 1924-1927) Hornsby Coaching College (student, 1930-1931) Leigh Theological College (Strathfield, Sydney) (student, 1932-1935) University of Sydney (student, 1932-1937) University of Sydney (stud master, 1960-1963)
Occupation or Descriptor *	labourer (1927-1930) New South Wales, Australia carer (1930-1930) Overseas Methodist minister (1938-1977) New South Wales, Australia air force chaplain (1943-1944) New South Wales, Australia theological college teacher (1949-1959) New South Wales, Australia school principal (1960-1964) New South Wales, Australia Uniting minister (1977-1982) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1977)
Key Organisations *	Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children (Sydney) (board member) Centre for Ministry (North Parramatta) (co-founder) Sun-Herald (newspaper) (Sydney) (columnist) NSW Methodist Conference (Various executive roles, 1945-1969) Council of Social Services of NSW (chair, 1949-1957) Australian Council of Social Service (president, 1956-1957) New South Wales Council of Churches (president, 1967-1971) Methodist (journal) (editor, 1969-1973) Methodist Church in Australasia (president-general, 1975-1977) World Methodist Council (presidium member, 1975-1980) Uniting Church Assembly (general secretary, 1977-1979) Australian Council of Churches (vice chairman, 1979-1982) Uniting Church Assembly (president, 1979-1982)
Workplaces *	Leigh Theological College (Strathfield, Sydney) (assistant principal, 1949-1959) Methodist Ladies' College (Sydney) (principal, 1960-1964)

* Dates are approximate