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Life Summary

Name	Frederick Meares Osborne
Born	20 January, 1909 Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	23 July, 1996 (aged 87) Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (stomach)
Education *	Orange Public School (NSW) (student, 1914-1917) Mosman Public School (Sydney) (student, 1918-1921) North Sydney Boys High School (student, 1922-1925) Sydney Church of England Grammar School (student, 1926-1927) St Andrew's College (University of Sydney) (student, 1928-1934) University of Sydney (student, 1928-1934)
Occupation or Descriptor *	solicitor (1934-1938) New South Wales, Australia navy officer (1939-1967) Federal, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1949-1961) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1949-1961) Federal, Australia company director (1961-1984) New South Wales, Australia solicitor (1961-1974) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (navy officer) Malayan emergency, 1950-60 (politician) Royal Australian Naval Reserve (navy officer, 1938-1938)
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross (recipient, 1940) Distinguished Service Cross and Bar (recipient, 1945) Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1969)
Key Events *	Queen Elizabeth coronation, 1953 (attended)
Key Organisations *	British Aerospace (company director) Burns, Philp & Co Ltd (chair of directors, ?-1984) Email Ltd (company director) Mauri Brothers and Thompson Ltd (chair of directors) English Electric and Lloyds (company director, 1962) Australian Ballet Federation (board director, 1979-1987)
Political Activism *	Liberal Party (NSW) (member, ?-1996) Liberal Party (federal) (politician, 1949-1961) Liberal Party (NSW) (president, 1967-1970)
Workplaces *	Dibbs, Crowther and Osborne (solicitor, 1934-1938) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1949-1961)

* Dates are approximate