Obituaries Australia

25 May, 1908
Atherton, Queensland, Australia

6 January, 1991 (aged 82)
Yarralumla, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

• German

• Cairns Boys’ School (Qld) (student, 1913-1918)
• Cairns High school (Qld) (student, 1919-1922)

• army officer (1939-1945) Federal, Australia
• company manager (1939-1973) Queensland, Australia

• World War II (army officer)
• 2/12th Battalion (army officer, 1940-1940)
• 2/33rd Battalion (army officer, 1940-1941)
• 2/9th Battalion (commander, 1941-1944)
• 1st Australian Beach Group (commander, 1944-1945)

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1943)
• Distinguished Service Order (recipient, 1945)

• Cairns Life Saving Club (Qld) (member of armed services contingent)
• Freemasons (member)

• Burns, Philp & Co Ltd (employee, 1922-1937)
• North Queensland Airways Pty Ltd (employee, 1937-1939)
• Melrose & Fenwick Pty Ltd (employee, 1939)