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Life Summary

Name	Frank Clifton Green
Born	26 June, 1890 Mole Creek, Tasmania, Australia
Died	12 September, 1974 (aged 84) New Town, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] Green, Brian Geoffrey (son) McGregor, John Robert (friend) Gale, Walter Augustus (work colleague) Chifley, Ben (work colleague) Menzies, Robert Gordon (work colleague) Cameron, Archie Galbraith (work colleague) Tregear, Albert Allan (work colleague) Davies, John George (mentor)
Education *	Cygnet Primary School (Tas) (student, 1896-1902) Queen's College (Hobart) (student, 1903-1907) University of Tasmania (student, 1908-1909)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1909-1911) Tasmania, Australia clerk of parliament (1911-1921) Tasmania, Australia army officer (1915-1919) Federal, Australia clerk of parliament (1921-1955) Federal, Australia conservationist (1955-1974) Tasmania, Australia historian (general) (1955-1974) Tasmania, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1965-1969) Tasmania, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army officer) Battle of Messines, 1917 (army officer) Battle of Morlancourt (1st), 1917 (army officer) Battle of Passchendaele, 1917 (army officer) 40th Battalion (army officer, 1915-1919)
Awards	Military Cross (recipient, 1918) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1959)
Key Events *	Queen Elizabeth coronation, 1953 (attended)
Key Organisations *	ASIO (investigated, 1949-1955) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (author, 1961-1969) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (Working Party member, 1961-1974) Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tas) (president, 1961-1964)
Workplaces *	Crown Law Office (Tas) (public servant, 1909-1911) House of Assembly (Tas) (clerk, 1911-1921) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - parliamentary officer, 1921-1955) Smith's Weekly (employee, 1927-1937) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Clerk, 1937-1955)

* Dates are approximate