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Kevin Meade Kevin Meade i(A7488 works by)
Born: Established: 1951 Brisbane, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: Jan 2009 Bangkok,
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Thailand,
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Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Gender: Male
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Kevin Meade completed his secondary schooling at Banyo High School in 1968 and briefly attended the University of Queensland before taking up a cadetship with the Brisbane Telegraph. After a period of National Service in 1972, Meade travelled to the United Kingdom and Asia, and worked for a time on the Bangkok Post. In 2005 Meade published Heroes before Gallipoli: Bita Paka and That One Day in September; a book dealing with Australia's World War I military history in Papua New Guinea.

Major source: Andrew Fraser, 'Knockabout Journalist Kevin Meade Dead at 57', Weekend Australian (17-18 January 2009): 2.

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