Chester Wilmot
(1911-1954)
20th century Australian journalist and war historian
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Reginald William Winchester Wilmot (21 June 1911 – 10 January 1954) was an Australian war correspondent who reported for the BBC and the ABC during the Second World War. After the war he continued to work as a broadcast reporter, and wrote a well-appreciated book about the liberation of Europe. He was killed in the crash of a BOAC Comet (Yoke Peter) over the Mediterranean Sea.
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21 June 1911 Brighton, Victoria
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10 January 1954 (aged 42) Mediterranean Sea, off Elba
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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