Australian Dictionary of Biography

10 March, 1916
Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

8 October, 1995 (aged 79)
Yarralumla, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 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.

• Brisbane State High School (student, 1929-1934)
• Royal Military College (ACT) (cadet, 1935-1938)

• army officer (1938-1973) Federal, Australia
• company director (1973-1993) Australian Capital Territory, Australia

• World War II (army officer)
• Vietnam War (commander)
• Battle of Arnhem (1944) (army officer)
• Borneo Campaign (1945) (army officer)
• Normandy landings, 1944 (army officer)
• Syrian Campaign, 1941 (army officer)

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1958)
• Companion of the Order of the Bath (recipient, 1969)
• Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1994)

• Alcatel Australia (company director, 1975-1993)
• Returned and Services League of Australia (Federal) (executive, 1975-1993)