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Roy James Cameron [PRG 1643/1/32] • Photograph

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Summary

A soldier, possibly Roy James Cameron, A.I.F. service number SX19241, standing outside his tent while on active service in the Middle East, taken March 1941. Back of photograph reads: 'To Margaret with lots of love from Roy.' Presumed to be written by Roy to his older sister Margaret Phylis Cameron.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 13.8 x 8.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1941

Collection

Part of Cameron Family Collection

Subject

Cameron, Roy James, 1923-2006
Soldiers -- South Australia
World War, 1939-1945 -- South Australia

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Historical information

Roy James Cameron (1923-2006), son of Kenneth Cameron (1885-1975), a blacksmith, and Amy Jean (nee Davidson) (1883-1981), was born in Port Pirie, and spent his early years in Waikerie, attending Waikerie Primary School, in South Australia's Riverland. He won a scholarship to Adelaide High School then worked for the Adelaide branch of the Taxation Office in 1940, while also beginning a bachelors degree in economics at the University of Adelaide, studying part time until 1943 when he joined the Australian Imperial Force, serving until 1946. Cameron achieved his masters in economics, and was a lecturer in economics at Canberra University College from 1949 to 1951, before studying for his doctorate at Harvard. After working as an economist at the World Bank in Washington from 1954 to 1956, he returned to Australia, joining the Treasury Department. From 1973 to 1977 he served as Australian ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Cameron took up the position of Australia's chief statistician or chief executive officer of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, from March 1977 to 1985. In 1982 he was awarded Companionship in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. In 1951 he married Dorothy Olive Lober and had three children. [Adapted from 'He shaped how we view society' obituary written by Dennis Trewin].

Digitisation information

Date

19/01/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,514 x 5,634 pixels (19.8 MP)

Size

59.42 MB

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