John Kingsmill

For the politician, see John Kingsmill (MP).

John Kingsmill (1 September 1920 - 6 August 2013)[1] was an Australian author, actor and public speaker, and amateur social historian. He was born in Sydney in 1920 and educated at Sydney Boys High School.[2] He was on active service in World War II, after which he completed his accountancy studies and was in practice for some years. He achieved notice for his performance as Des Nolan (Gig) in Rusty Bugles, the controversial 1948 play by Sumner Locke Elliott. In 1955, he was a founding member of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (Australia), and was its leader for several years, serving on its Board until 1984. During the 1970s he worked as a senior advertising copywriter at the George Patterson advertising agency Sydney office.[3]

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  1. "John KINGSMILL". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=152256
  3. Administrative / Biographical Note, John Kingsmill - papers, 1948-2000 at the State Library of NSW

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