Historical Database
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Doctor Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean

Historian
Born
18 November 1879, Bathurst, New South Wales
Died
30 August 1968, Concord, New South Wales
Sex
Male
Father
The Revd Edwin Bean [qv]
Mother
Lucy Madeline Butler
Married Ethel Clara Young (nursing sister)

Legal admissions

13 February 1905Admitted to practise as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Career

  • Oxon (BA 1902, BCL 1904, MA 1905), DLitt Melb 1931, LLD hc ANU 1959.
  • Called to the Bar (Inner Temple) 15 Jun 1904.
  • Journalist and historian.
  • Editor, "The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918".
  • Chairman, Aust War Memorial 1952.

Military service

  • First World War: Civilian official correspondent with 1st AIF (MID).

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