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Daniel Robert Simpkins
Daniel Robert Simpkins was born in 1942 and raised in the Richmond and Clarence River valleys in the far north of New South Wales. He attended a series of one-teacher bush schools ...vizualizați mai multeDaniel Robert Simpkins was born in 1942 and raised in the Richmond and Clarence River valleys in the far north of New South Wales. He attended a series of one-teacher bush schools for his primary education.
Dan won a government bursary at the age of 11, enabling him to live in a hostel for bush children and attend the Lismore High School. After graduating with a Leaving Certificate, he gained entry to the Royal Military College at Duntroon.
On completion of that four-year course, Dan was selected to attend university in Adelaide for his bachelor’s degree in Technology-Civil Engineering. Dan did war service in Vietnam, studied at the Royal Military College of Science in England, and resigned from the army to work as a civil engineer, a career in which he is still engaged.vizualizați mai puține