Charles Bean
Journalist, historian · Australia · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1879 to 1968 · aged 88
Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, also commonly identified as C. E. W. Bean, was an Australian historian and one of Australia's official war correspondents.
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Informal portrait of Captain C E W Bean, Official War Correspondent, calf deep in the muddy Gird trench, near Gueudecourt in France, during the winter of 1916-1917.
Charles and Effie Bean in the grounds of Tuggeranong Station between 1919 and 1925.
Bean studying Army documents while working on the official history in 1935
Bean accompanying Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the Australian War Memorial on 16 February 1954
Charles Bean featured on the cover of the May 1931 issue of Reveille
Charles Bean, Australia, 1944, by Cyril DuboisAwards
About this person
He was editor and principal author of the 12-volume Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, and a primary advocate for establishing the Australian War Memorial (AWM).
Country
Australia
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1879 to 1968 · aged 88
