Australian Dictionary of Biography

2 March, 1886
Clermont, Queensland, Australia

19 May, 1943 (aged 57)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Idriess, Ion Llewellyn (acquaintance)
• Foley, Thomas Andrew (supporter)
• Bulcock, Frank William (supporter)
• Ryrie, Granville de Laune (senior officer)
• Birdwood, William Riddell (senior officer)

• station hand (1906-1910) Queensland, Australia
• sugar cane cutter (1910-1914) Queensland, Australia
• soldier (1914-1918) Federal, Australia
• drover (1919-1942) Queensland, Australia
• kangaroo shooter (1919-1942) Queensland, Australia
• shearer (1919-1942) Queensland, Australia
• soldier-settler (1919-1921) Queensland, Australia
• goldminer (1921-1930) Queensland, Australia
• labourer (1930-1943) Queensland, Australia

• World War I (soldier)
• Battle of Polygon Wood, 1917 (soldier)
• Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (soldier)
• 5th Light Horse Regiment (soldier, 1914-1916)
• 31st Battalion (soldier, 1916-1918)

• Distinguished Conduct Medal (recipient, 1916)
• Croix de Guerre (Belgium) (recipient, 1918)

• Prosperine Rifle Club (Qld) (member)
• Australian Workers' Union (Qld) (member, 1919-1943)

• Miclere goldfields (Qld) (goldminer, 1919)