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Kessell, Stephen Lackey (Kim) (1897–1979)

	Kessell, Stephen Lackey (Kim) (1897–1979)
Born	17 March, 1897 Wollongong , New South Wales , Australia
Died	29 June, 1979 (aged 82) Armadale, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Cultural Heritage	English
Religious Influence	Methodist
Related Entries [View as tree]	Kessell, Stephen (father) Harris, Allan Cuthbert (work colleague)
Education*	Adelaide High School (student, 1909-1914) University of Adelaide. School of Forestry (student, 1915-1926) Oxford University (student, 1919-1919)
Occupation*	soldier (1917-1920) Federal, Australia forester (1920-1945) Western Australia, Australia public servant (1920-1945) Western Australia, Australia public service head (1921-1945) Western Australia, Australia public servant (1941-1945) Federal, Australia company managing director (1946-1962) Tasmania, Australia
Military Service*	World War I (soldier)
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1951)
Clubs*	Australian Club (Melbourne) (member, ?-1979) Tasmanian Club (member, ?-1979) Weld Club (Perth) (member, ?-1979)
Key Organisations*	Institute of Foresters of Australia (fellow, ?-1979) Australian Board of Higher Forestry Education (member, 1931-1964) Institute of Foresters of Australia (founding member, 1935-1935) Institute of Foresters of Australia (member, 1935-1979) Institute of Foresters of Australia (president, 1936-1938) Australian Board of Higher Forestry Education (head, 1944-1964) University of Tasmania (administration) (council member, 1947-1948) University of Tasmania (administration) (council member, 1952-1962) Australian National University (administration) (council member, 1960-1963) National Safety Council of Australia (deputy president, 1967-1971)
Workplaces*	Forestry service (WA) (forester, 1920-1945) Forestry service (WA) (head, 1921-1945) Australian Newsprint Mills Ltd (managing director, 1946-1962)

* Dates are approximate