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Businessman fought to save aid scheme...the University of New England and a degree in public management from Harvard University. In 1991 he was made a member of the Order of Australia for his services to the export industry. He was also made a visiting fellow of the University of... |
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New SBS head has divisions to heal over ads...chairman, Joseph Skrzynski , all the best. His economic and media credentials can't be faulted and last year he was made an officer in the Order Of Australia for services to culture. If he gets rid of those ghastly SBS in-program commercials... |
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Yahoo! News | 2 days ago
Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin (AP)
...man, in a specific time and place." Frale 's work usually focuses on medieval documents. She is noted for research on the order of the Knights Templar and her discovery of unpublished documents on the group in the Vatican 's archives.
In this article: Jesus of Nazareth, Vatican, Turin, Tiberius, and The Catholic Church
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Seattle Times | 3 days ago
Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real
...the execution of a man, in a specific time and place." Frale is noted in Italy for her research on the medieval order of the Knights Templar and her discovery of unpublished documents on the group in the Vatican 's archives. Earlier...
In this article: Turin, Vatican, Knights Templar, Tiberius, and University of Pavia
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The Australian | 5 days ago
WWII Z Force Veteran Passes Away
...said CAPT Dowsing. "He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions in WWII and in 2006 was made a Member of the Order of Australia. He will be sadly missed by the local Perth ex-serving and current military...
In this article: Jack Wong Sue, Monsanto, Perth, Western Australia, Somalia, Order of Australia, Royal Australian Air Force, West Australian, and United States
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | 6 days ago
Surgeon 'hurt' by ACA report: court
...about a breast enlargement gone wrong, a court has heard. Sydney surgeon and burns specialist Peter Anthony Haertsch , who was awarded an Order of Australia for his work with the Bali bombing victims, has taken action over the report which...
In this article: Order of Australia, Breast implant, Fred Hollows, Gold Coast, Bali, and Sydney
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BBC News | November 14, 2009
Forgotten Aussies
...of her work in the field - helping "a lost tribe," as she puts it - she was honoured by the Australians , which conferred on her an Order of Australia , a top civilian award. But not Britain. "The Australian government is delivering...
In this article: Australia, Britain, Gordon Brown, Kevin Rudd, and Order of Australia
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The Australian | November 12, 2009
Gallop in hospital after heart attack
FORMER West Australian premier Geoff Gallop has been admitted to a Sydney hospital after a suspected heart attack. The former Labor leader, who now lives in Sydney , was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last night. Mr Gallop ,...
In this article: Geoff Gallop, Companion of the Order of Australia, University of Sydney, Xbox 360, Microsoft, Sydney Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and Sydney
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Telegraph.co.uk - Books | November 06, 2009
Harry Patch: the reluctant hero
...to learn that his wound had been classed as "a Blighty one", meaning he would be invalided back to Britain. He was taken initially to hospital in Liverpool , where he received a letter from Bob Haynes informing him that the three other...
In this article: Harry Patch, Passchendaele, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Charles Kuentz, Somerset Light Infantry, Lewis Gun, Waste, Western Front, and World War One
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Royal Victorian Order
...Billah , Crown Prince of Brunei and one of two current foreign Kights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. A detailed view of a stumpwork and goldwork embroidered star of a Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
In this article: Royal Victorian Order, Knight Grand Cross, Queen Victoria, Silver, Commonwealth of Nations, Knight Commander, Queen's Chapel, Anthony Blunt, and Queen Elizabeth II
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Order of St. Patrick
...letters "KP". When an individual was entitled to use multiple post-nominal letters, KP appeared before all others, except "Bt" ( Baronet ), "VC" ( Victoria Cross ), "GC" ( George Cross ), "KG" ( Knight of the Garter ) and "KT" ( Knight of the...
In this article: Saint Patrick, Order of St. Patrick, Republic of Ireland, Government of Ireland, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Order of the Garter
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San Francisco Chronicle | November 01, 2009
Krak des Chevaliers: Crusade to find castle
...century. It was captured by Crusaders during the first Crusade but only really inhabited in the mid-12th century by the Knights Hospitallers , contemporaries of the Knights Templar , who began as a protection service for pilgrims bound for...
In this article: Hospitallers, Crusaders, Hama, Middle East, Syria, Damascus, Knights Templar, Anxiety, and T.E. Lawrence
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | October 01, 2009
Sir Alastair Aird
...the saloon with her feet up, and covered by a rug. He later assisted in the arrangements for her funeral. Aird was appointed LVO in 1969, CVO in 1977, KCVO in 1984 and GCVO in 1997. He was a member of the Council of the Feathers...
In this article: Prince of Wales, LVO, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, Dorset, and Eton
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Independent.co.uk - UK | September 18, 2009
Minor British Institutions: The Order of the British Empire
...classist affair. The classless John Major ended that in 1993. Even so, it is still pretty hierarchical with its rankings of Knight/ Dame Grand Cross , Knight/Dame Commander, Commander, Officer and Member. They are all looked after by the...
In this article: Dame Grand Cross, Order of the Garter, and John Lennon
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Sunday Mirror | August 28, 2009
Outspoken Army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt stands down
...that the planning for what happened after the initial successful war fighting phase was poor, probably based more on optimism than sound planning." Is also Knight Commander of Order of the Bath and Knight Grand Cross of Order of the Bath.
In this article: Richard Dannatt, David Richards, Order of the Bath, Afghanistan, Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander, and Military Cross
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CNN | July 25, 2009
Last British Army WWI vet dead at 111
...and this year President Nicolas Sarkozy upgraded that to the rank of officer. Last year, King Albert II of Belgium made Patch a Knight of the Order of Leopold. " Harry was delighted to receive these awards and wore the medals with great...
In this article: Harry Patch, World War I, Battle of Passchendaele, Ypres, Richard Dannatt, Order of Leopold, and British soldier
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Wikipedia | July 24, 2009
Knight Grand Cross
...(female) before his or her name. In the British system of precedence , Knights (and Dames) Grand Cross rank after Baronets and Baronetesses and the senior orders of England , Scotland and Ireland (the Order of the Garter , the Order of the...
In this article: Knight Grand Cross, Baronets, Knight Commander, Order of the Thistle, Order of St. Patrick, Order of the Crown of India, Order of the Indian Empire, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Star of India, and Order of the British Empire
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scotsman.com - Politics | July 20, 2009
Kerr branded 'dangerously elitist'
...senior of the British Orders of Chivalry, after The Most Noble Order of the Garter , The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle , and The Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick. The last of the aforementioned Orders, which relates to...
In this article: Glasgow, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow University, Dog, God, The Scotsman, and Opus Dei
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Wikipedia | May 31, 2009
Sir Thomas Hislop, 1st Baronet
...of money investing unsuccessfully in the Americas. Despite these problems, Hislop was later made a baronet and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath , serving in his retirement as an equerry to Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
In this article: Baronet, Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross, British Army, Third Anglo-Maratha War, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, and India
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Wikipedia | September 18, 2008
Thomas Sadleir
Thomas Ulick Sadleir (1882 - 1957) was an Irish genealogist and heraldic expert. He was successively registrar of the Order of St Patrick , Deputy Ulster King of Arms and Acting Ulster King of Arms. Sadleir 's first involvement with the...
In this article: Order of St Patrick, Dublin, Dublin Castle, Ireland, and College of Arms


