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Life Summary

Name	Raymond Wells Whitrod
Born	16 April, 1915 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	11 July, 2003 (aged 88) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Lewis, Terence Murray (colleague) Bjelke-Petersen, Johannes (related entry)
Education *	Adelaide High School (student, 1928-1933) University of Adelaide (student, 1934-1934) Australian National University (student, 1957-1962) Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1964-1965)
Occupation or Descriptor *	police officer (1934-1948) South Australia, Australia intelligence officer (1949-1953) Federal, Australia police chief (1953-1969) Federal, Australia police chief (1970-1976) Queensland, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (air force officer)
Awards	Gold Medal (Australian Institute of Public Administration) (recipient) Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (recipient, 1954) Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (recipient, 1963) Queen's Police Medal (recipient, 1967) Queenslander of the Year (recipient, 1972) Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1987) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1993)
Key Events *	Fitzgerald Inquiry (Qld), 1987-1989 (witness)
Legacies *	Ray Whitrod Lecture (Federal Police Force) (2007)
Key Organisations *	Scouts Association of Qld (deputy chief commissioner, 1971-1973) Victims of Crime Service (Adelaide) (founding member, 1979-1992) Commission for the Aging (SA) (commissioner, 1985-1990)
Workplaces *	Police Force (SA) (police officer, 1934-1948) ASIO (investigative officer, 1949-1953) Police Force (federal) (director, 1953-1960) Police Force (federal) (commissioner, 1960-1969) Police Force (PNG) (commissioner, 1969-1970) Police Force (Qld) (commissioner, 1970-1976) Australian National University (sociology) (visiting fellow, 1977-1981)

* Dates are approximate