Australian Dictionary of Biography

16 January, 1917
South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

5 October, 1977 (aged 60)
Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Methodist

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.

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• Dow, Gwyneth Maude (wife)
• Rivett, Albert Cherbury David (father)
• Brookes, Ivy (aunt)
• Rivett, Eleanor Harriett (aunt)
• Rivett, Elsie Grace (aunt)
• Rivett, Amy Christine (aunt)
• White, Vera Deakin (aunt)
• Rivett, Doris Mary (aunt)
• Rivett, Edward William (uncle)
• Brookes, Herbert Robinson (uncle by marriage)
• White, Thomas Walter (uncle by marriage)
• Rivett, Albert (grandfather)
• Deakin, Alfred (grandfather)
• Hermes, Clarence Lindsay (lawyer)
• Bray, John Jefferson (related entry)

• journalist (1939-1941) Victoria, Australia
• soldier (1940-1940) Federal, Australia
• journalist (1942-1942) Overseas
• prisoner of war (Australian) (1942-1945) Overseas
• autobiographer/memoirist (1945-1945) Victoria, Australia
• journalist (1946-1951) Victoria, Australia
• newspaper editor (1951-1960) South Australia, Australia
• journalist (1961-1963) Overseas
• biographer (1963-1972) Victoria, Australia
• journalist (1963-1977) Victoria, Australia