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Life Summary

Name	Lewis Charles Rodd
Born	12 March, 1905 Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	29 July, 1979 (aged 74) Shipley, 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.
Religious Influence	Christian Socialist 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] Tennant, Kathleen (wife) Taylor, Beatrice Mary (colleague)
Education *	University of Sydney (student, 1927-1930)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Australiana collector (1930-1979) New South Wales, Australia Christian socialist (1930-1979) New South Wales, Australia pacifist (1930-1979) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1930-1941) New South Wales, Australia social historian (1938-1979) New South Wales, Australia school principal (1941-1960) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1973-1975) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (conscientious objector)
Key Organisations *	Australian Peace Pledge Union (NSW) (member) Labor Educational League (NSW) (member) Sirius Publishing Co (founder) New South Wales Teachers Federation (member, 1930-1941) Educational Workers' League (NSW) (founder, 1931)
Workplaces *	Darlinghurst Public School (Sydney) (schoolteacher, 1930-1932) Coonabarabran Public School (NSW) (schoolteacher, 1932-1934) Canowindra Central School (NSW) (schoolteacher, 1934-1936) Dulwich Hill Public School (Sydney) (schoolteacher, 1936-1939) Muswellbrook Public School (NSW) (schoolteacher, 1939-1941) Laurieton Public School (NSW) (principal, 1941-1953) Hunters Hill Public School (Sydney) (principal, 1953)

* Dates are approximate