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Appointed Principal of the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts, Adelaide in February 1916. He designed the Sydney Teacher's College Roll of Honour embroidery and the College crest. He won the Wynne Prize in 1915 for bronze statues Knowledge, Fine Art and Commerce on the Daily Telegraph building in Castlereagh St Sydney.
Book of Remembrance entry
Not listed in the 1939 Book of Remembrance. Lecturer in Art, Sydney Teacher's College (STC). Enlisted in the AIF 26 April 1916 and was killed in action in France 2 May 1917.Listed on the STC Roll of Honour embroidery, which he designed prior to leaving for the Front.The statue Perpetuity for the Perpetual Trustee Company, Hunter St Sydney won for him the Wynne Prize in 1915.
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1889Birth in Aberdeen --, Scotland 1889
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?Early education at Robert Gordon's Technical College, Aberdeen, Scotland
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?Tertiary education at Grays School Of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland
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?Tertiary education at Royal College Of Art, London, England
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1912Lecturer in Art at Sydney -Sydney Teacher's College- NSW, Australia 1912
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1916Principal at South Australia -- SA, Australia 1 February 1916
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1960Commemorated 1960 at Macquarie Place : Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
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1917Death in Bullecourt -- Pas-de-Calais, France 2 May 1917
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