Tom Kruse (mailman)
(1914-2011)
Australian mailman
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Esmond Gerald "Tom" Kruse MBE (28 August 1914 – 30 June 2011) was a mail carrier on the Birdsville Track in the border area between South Australia and Queensland. He became known nationally as the result of John Heyer's 1954 film The Back of Beyond. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1955 New Year Honours, "for services to the community in the outback".
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Esmond Gerald (Tom) Kruse, MBE 28 August 1914 Waterloo, South Australia
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30 June 2011 (aged 96) Adelaide
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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