Obituaries Australia

23 November, 1918
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

30 August, 1991 (aged 72)
Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

lung disease

• Newcastle High School (NSW) (student, 1930-1932)
• Parramatta High School (Sydney) (student, 1933-1935)
• University of Sydney (student, 1936-1941)
• Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1948-1951)
• Keio University (Japan) (student, 1952-1953)
• University of Tokyo (Japan) (student, 1952-1953)

• academic (1944-1947) New South Wales, Australia
• Japanese scholar (1944-1947) New South Wales, Australia
• academic (1952-1965) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
• Japanese scholar (1952-1965) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
• academic (1966-1983) Queensland, Australia
• Japanese scholar (1966-1983) Queensland, Australia

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1982)

• Joyce Ackroyd Building (University of Queensland) (eponym)

• Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 1983-1991)

• University of Sydney (Japanese) (academic, 1944-1947)
• Australian National University (Asian studies) (academic, 1952-1956)
• University of Canberra (academic, 1956-1959)
• Australian National University (Asian studies) (academic, 1959-1965)
• University of Queensland (Japanese) (academic, 1966-1983)