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Life Summary

Name	Sir Henry Armand Bland
Born	28 December, 1909 Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	8 November, 1997 (aged 87) Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican 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.
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Education *	St John’s Church of England School, Darlinghurst (student) Sydney Boys' High School (student, 1921-1926) University of Sydney (student, 1927-1932)
Occupation or Descriptor *	clerk (1927-1935) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1928-1942) New South Wales, Australia solicitor (1935-1937) New South Wales, Australia local government councillor (1937-1939) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1939-1941) Overseas government adviser (1941-1942) New South Wales, Australia government adviser (1941-1942) Federal, Australia public service head (1952-1970) Federal, Australia
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1957) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1965)
Key Organisations *	Australian Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd. (board member, 1970) Westinghouse Brakes & Signal Co. (Australia) Pty Ltd (board member, 1970)
Workplaces *	Crown Law Office (NSW) (clerk, 1927-1934) Ryde Municipal Council (NSW) (councillor, 1937-1939) Public Service Board (NSW) (acting inspector, 1942-1942) Dept of Labour & National Service (public servant, 1946-1967) Dept of Labour & National Service (departmental head, 1952-1967) International Labour Organisation (Geneva) (Australian representative, 1963-1966) Dept of Defence (Federal) (departmental head, 1967-1970) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (chairman, 1976-1976)

* Dates are approximate