| Date of birth |
1911-06-21 |
Brighton, VIC. |
| Other |
1922 - 1930 |
Attended Melbourne Church of England Grammar School. |
| Date graduated |
1935 |
Awarded a Bachelor of Arts (History Honours). |
| Date graduated |
1936 |
Awarded a Bachelor of Laws. |
| Other |
1939 |
Became a member of the Council of Melbourne University. |
| Other |
1940 - 1942 |
War correspondent for the ABC with AIF in the Middle East. |
| Date returned to Australia |
1942 |
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| Other |
1942-07 |
Was appointed War Correspondent with the ABC Field Unit with the AIF New Guinea. |
| Other |
1942-11 |
Lost accreditation as war correspondent after becoming involved in a dispute between General Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area and Lieutenant General Sir Sidney Fairburn Rowell, General Officer Commanding, New Guinea Force. |
| Date returned to Australia |
1943 |
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| Other |
1944 |
Published his book Tobruk, 1941: capture, siege, relief. |
| Other |
1944 - 1945 |
Moved to London and began work for the BBC as a front line correspondent for North West Europe. |
| Other |
1945 - 1946 |
BBC special correspondent at the Nuremburg war crimes trials. |
| Other |
1946 - 1954 |
Freelance broadcaster and journalist. |
| Other |
1952 |
Appointed military correspondent for The Observer. |
| Other |
1952 |
Published his book The Struggle For Europe. |
| Date returned to Australia |
1953 |
Returned to Australia to participate in the BBC's 1953 Round the World Christmas Day broadcast. |
| Date of death |
1954-01-10 |
Killed in the crash of a Comet airliner into the Mediterranean when he was flying back to England. |
