Obituaries Australia

7 November, 1926
Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

30 January, 2015 (aged 88)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Tudor, Ethel Ellen (colleague)
• Somare, Michael Thomas (acquaintance)

• Manly High School (Sydney) (student, 1938-1942)

• journalist (1944-1953) New South Wales, Australia
• soldier (1944-1947) Federal, Australia
• journalist (1953-1955) Papua New Guinea
• journalist (1955-1957) New South Wales, Australia
• newspaper editor (1957-1981) New South Wales, Australia
• book publisher (1960-1981) New South Wales, Australia
• journalist (1981-1991) New South Wales, Australia

• World War II (soldier)

• Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1980)

• Australian Journalists' Association (NSW) (member, ?-2015)
• Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (ANU) (curator)
• Papua New Guinea Association of Australia (member, ?-2015)
• Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (author, 1990-2001)

• Sun (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1942-1944)
• Sun (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1947-1953)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (journalist, 1953-1955)
• Pacific Islands Monthly (journalist, 1953-1981)
• People (newspaper) (journalist, 1955-1957)
• Pacific Islands Monthly (joint editor, 1957-1981)
• Pacific Publications (joint publisher, 1957-1981)
• Australian Geographic magazine (journalist, 1981-1991)