Australian Dictionary of Biography

19 August, 1905
Five Dock, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

4 February, 1995 (aged 89)
Wahroonga, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• English

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• sales representative (1920-1931) New South Wales, Australia
• shop/store owner (1931-1960) New South Wales, Australia
• company chief executive (1937-1978) New South Wales, Australia
• soldier (1941-1943) Federal, Australia

• World War II (Volunteer Defence Corps, 1942-1943)

• Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1960)
• Florence Taylor Award (recipient, 1963)
• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1972)

• Northern Districts Home-Building Co-operative Society Ltd (founder, 1937)
• Association of Co-operative Building Societies (NSW) (president, 1947-1964)
• Australian Council of Co-operative Building and Housing Societies (president, 1956-1964)
• International Union of Building Societies and Savings Associations (president, 1968-1971)

• Northern Districts Permanent Co-operative Building & Investment Society Ltd (chair, 1939-1969)
• United Permanent Building Society Ltd (NSW) (chair, 1971-1978)