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Life Summary

Name	Sir Richard John Randall
Born	13 October, 1906 Birkdale, Queensland, Australia
Died	15 November, 1982 (aged 76) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Bunting, Edward John (friend) Wilson, Roland (work colleague) Wheeler, Frederick Henry (work colleague) Hewitt, Cyrus Lenox (work colleague) Brown, Allen Stanley (acquaintance) Menzies, Robert Gordon (associate)
Education *	Wellington Point State School (Qld) (student) Wynnum State School (Brisbane) (student) Queensland Institute of Technology (student, 1921-1922) University of Sydney (student, 1933-1936)
Occupation or Descriptor *	wool classer (1924-1932) Queensland, Australia public servant (1940-1971) Federal, Australia soldier (1941-1945) Federal, Australia economist (1945-1971) Federal, Australia public service head (1966-1971) Federal, Australia company director (1972-1980) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Military Service *	1st Armoured Training Regiment (soldier, 1941-1941) 5th Training Battalion (soldier, 1941-1941) 6th Armoured Regiment (soldier, 1941-1945)
Awards	Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1964)
Clubs *	Royal Canberra Golf Club (member, ?-1982)
Key Organisations *	Commonwealth Immigration Advisory Council (member) Seven Dwarfs ('dwarf') CIG Ltd (company director, 1972-1976) Legal and General Assurance Society Ltd (company director, 1972-1979) Network Finance Ltd (company director, 1972-1980) Interim Mortgage Finance Ltd (chairman, 1973-1979) Network Finance Ltd (chairman, 1973-1979) Australian Landtrusts Ltd (company director, 1974-1979)
Workplaces *	Dept of Premier (NSW) (public servant, 1937-1940) Treasury (federal) (public servant, 1940)

* Dates are approximate