OCRd book entry or other narrative
Hawthorn Coll.; B.Agr.Sc.; triple blue (athletics, football, rifle). F.A., Gnr. November 1915; 2/Lt. 1.4.16; sailed with 8th F.A.B. 20.5.16; 31st Bty. August, 1916; 32nd Bty. Oct., 1916; France December 1916; 30th Bty., 8th F.A.B., January 1917; Lieut. 5.3.17; I.O. 8th F.A.B.H.Q. August 1917; Adjr. October 1918. Demob. December 1919.
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He was a member of committees investigating Mallee sand drift (1933), the tobacco industry (1934) and soil erosion (1937); the last led to sustained advice to farmers on 'retaining a dense vegetative cover'. From ADB
