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Bill Sweeting
Australian historian and museum administrator

Bill Sweeting

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Australian historian and museum administrator
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Alan John Sweeting
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Penrith, Australia
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97 years
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Biography

Alan John ("Bill") Sweeting MBE (3 November 1918 - 9 July 2016) was an Australian historian and museum administrator.

Career

Sweeting was born in Penrith, New South Wales on 3 November 1918.

Sweeting joined the Second Australian Imperial Force on 23 July 1940 and was posted to the 2/4th Field Ambulance. He served with this medical unit in the Middle East during 1941, and returned to Australia with it February 1942. From July of that year he and the 2/4th Field Ambulance took part in the Kokoda Track campaign.

In April 1944 Sweeting was appointed official historian Gavin Long's confidential clerk. He eventually reached the rank of sergeant. After the end of the war, he was discharged from the AIF on 12 November 1945.

After leaving the Army, Sweeting continued to work for Long as a research assistant on the official history series Australia in the War of 1939–1945. He also authored three chapters in one of the volumes covering the experiences of Australian prisoners of war held by Japan. After Long retired in 1963, Sweeting became the acting editor of the official history series, and remained in this role until 1970 when the last volume was published.

In 1967 Sweeting was appointed the Assistant Director of the Australian War Memorial (AWM). Sweeting was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire in June 1977 for his public service. At this time he was the Public Assistant Director, Board of Trustees at the AWM. Sweeting retired from the AWM in March 1979; his final position there was Assistant Director, History and Publications.

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