Obituaries Australia

30 May, 1915
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

1 November, 2005 (aged 90)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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• Barbour, Peter Robert (work colleague)

• Geelong Grammar School (Vic) (student, 1927-1933)
• University of Melbourne (student, 1934-1936)
• Oxford University (student, 1937-1939)
• Oxford University (student, 1945-1947)

• intelligence officer (1950-1970) Australia
• poet (1950-2005) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
• public servant (1950-1970) Australia

• World War II (Royal navy volunteer reserve)
• Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-45 (Royal navy volunteer reserve)

• Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2002)

• Opening of Federal Parliament House, 1988 (poem sung at the celebration)
• Petrov Affair, 1954 (ASIO operative)

• Moral Re-Armament (member, 1945-2005)

• University of Melbourne (academic, 1947-1950)
• ASIO (intelligence officer, 1950-1970)
• Parliament of Australia (librarian, 1971-1975)