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Life Summary

Name	Geoffrey James Rodger
Born	4 July, 1894 Kensington, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	27 November, 1982 (aged 88) North Plympton, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Religious Influence	Catholic 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] Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph (work colleague) Brown, John Ednie (related entry)
Education *	Christian Brothers College (Adelaide, SA) (student, 1905-1910) University of Adelaide. School of Forestry (student, 1912-1914)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1915-1917) Federal, Australia army officer (1917-1919) Federal, Australia forester (1921-1924) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1921-1924) New South Wales, Australia forester (1924-1926) Western Australia, Australia public servant (1924-1926) Western Australia, Australia forester (1926-1927) Australian Capital Territory, Australia public servant (1926-1927) Federal, Australia forester (1927-1928) Federal, Australia public servant (1927-1928) Federal, Australia forester (1928-1935) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1928-1935) New South Wales, Australia forester (1935-1946) South Australia, Australia public servant (1935-1946) South Australia, Australia public service head (1935-1946) South Australia, Australia forester (1946-1952) Federal, Australia public servant (1946-1952) Federal, Australia public service head (1946-1952) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army officer) World War II (Volunteer Defence Corps) 26th Battalion (army officer) Battle of Passchendaele, 1917 (army officer)
Key Organisations *	CSR Timber Products (director) Institute of Foresters of Australia (council member, 1935-1936) Institute of Foresters of Australia (founding member, 1935-1966) Australian Forestry Council (founder, 1965-1965) Institute of Foresters of Australia (honorary member, 1966-1982)
Workplaces *	Forestry service (NSW) (forester, 1921-1924) Forestry service (WA) (forester, 1924-1926) ACT Forests (head, 1925-1926) Forestry and Timber Bureau (Cwlth) (forester, 1927-1928) Forestry service (NSW) (forester, 1928-1935) Forestry service (SA) (head, 1935-1946) Forestry and Timber Bureau (Cwlth) (head, 1946-1952)

* Dates are approximate