Life Summary

Name	Michael Rayner Thwaites
Born	30 May, 1915 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	1 November, 2005 (aged 90) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Barbour, Peter Robert (work colleague)
Education *	Geelong Grammar School (Vic) (student, 1927-1933) University of Melbourne (student, 1934-1936) Oxford University (student, 1937-1939) Oxford University (student, 1945-1947)
Occupation or Descriptor *	intelligence officer (1950-1970) Australia poet (1950-2005) Australian Capital Territory, Australia public servant (1950-1970) Australia
Military Service *	World War II (Royal navy volunteer reserve) Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-45 (Royal navy volunteer reserve)
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2002)
Key Events *	Opening of Federal Parliament House, 1988 (poem sung at the celebration) Petrov Affair, 1954 (ASIO operative)
Key Organisations *	Moral Re-Armament (member, 1945-2005)
Workplaces *	University of Melbourne (academic, 1947-1950) ASIO (intelligence officer, 1950-1970) Parliament of Australia (librarian, 1971-1975)

* Dates are approximate

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