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Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id KLU Secondary

For “Title (Officer of the Legion of Honour (France))” MAY 1919 of Thomas William Glasgow

"Appointed an Officer of the Legion of Honour (France), May 1919." ... "Awarded the Croix de Guerre, May 1919" ... "Awarded the Croix de Guerre avec Palme, August 1919"

The ADB corroborates: "the French government awarded him the Legion d'honneur and the Croix de Guerre; he also won a Belgian Croix de Guerre."

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id JUB Secondary

For “Commanding Officer, 14th Light Horse Regiment” FROM 31 MAR 1921 TO 2 JAN 1924 of Donald Charles Cameron

"Commanding Officer, 14th Light Horse Regiment from 31.03.1921 to 02.01.1924"

The ADB agrees: "He commanded the 14th L.H.R. in 1921-24" and adds "when a history of the 5th L.H.R. was printed in 1926, he paid the publishing costs and presented a copy to every member of the regiment."

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id JUB Secondary

For “Member for Brisbane, Australian House of Representatives” FROM 13 DEC 1919 TO 19 DEC 1931 of Donald Charles Cameron

"Elected to the House of Representatives for Brisbane, Queensland, 1919." [13.12.1919-16.12.1922]; "Re-elected 1929. Defeated at general elections 1931." [12.10.1929-19.12.1931]; division row "Brisbane" [13.12.1919-19.12.1931]

Five consecutive service rows in the official handbook, plus a division row giving the whole span 13.12.1919 to 19.12.1931. Party rows: Nationalist Party to 5.5.1931, then United Australia Party. The ADB corroborates: "in 1919-31 represented Brisbane for the National Party in the House of Representatives".

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id JUB Secondary

For “Member for Lilley, Australian House of Representatives” FROM 15 SEP 1934 TO 21 SEP 1937 of Donald Charles Cameron

"Elected to the House of Representatives for Lilley, Queensland, 1934. Resigned 21.9.1937 to contest election to the Senate for Queensland, 1937 (defeated)." [15.9.1934-21.9.1937]

Service row from the official handbook. The ADB agrees: "Ill health forced his retirement but he was Nationalist member for Lilley in 1934-37; he contested the Senate election in 1937 but was defeated."

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id JUB Secondary

For “Australian delegate, League of Nations Assembly” 1923 of Donald Charles Cameron

"Delegate to the 4th Assembly of the League of Nations, Switzerland, 1923." ... "Delegate to the 13th Assembly of the League of Nations, 1932." ... "Delegate to the Permanent Mandates Commission, 1932."

Three rows from the official handbook. The ADB corroborates the first: "As a parliamentarian he represented Australia at the League of Nations Assembly in 1923".

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id 273829 Primary

For “Senator for Queensland” FROM 10 NOV 2017 TO 30 JUN 2019 of William Fraser Anning

"Value1": "Queensland", "Text1": "Declared elected 10.11.2017 as a Senator for Queensland by the High Court of Australia, vice M Roberts (disqualified under section 44 (i) of the Constitution). Defeated at general elections, 2019.", "DateStart1": "2017-11-10", "DateEnd1": "2019-06-30"

Sole parliamentary service record. The individuals endpoint gives "RepresentedParliaments":[45] and "ServiceHistory_Duration":"1 years 7 month(s) and 21 days."

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id 273829 Primary

For “Senate party: Independent” FROM 26 NOV 2018 TO 30 JUN 2019 of William Fraser Anning

"Value1": "Independent", "DateStart1": "2018-11-26", "DateEnd1": "1900-01-01"

Fourth and last dated party period. DateEnd1 1900-01-01 is the handbook's open-ended sentinel; within the PartyParliamentaryService block of the individuals endpoint the same period is given an end date, "Value":"Independent","DateStart":"2018-11-26","DateEnd":"2019-06-30", which is the end of his Senate term.

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id 273829 Primary

For “Education (Agricultural College Brisbane)” of William Fraser Anning

"Value1": "Agriculture, environmental and related studies", "Value2": "Diploma in Agriculture", "Value3": "Agricultural College Brisbane", "Text1": "DipAg"

Qualification record; undated sentinel, so the event is left undated. Secondary school from the individuals endpoint: "SecondarySchool":"De La Salle College".

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id KFK Secondary

For Littleton Ernest Groom (1867–1936)

"DisplayName":"GROOM, the Hon. Sir Littleton Ernest, KCMG, KC","DateOfBirth":"1867-04-22","DateOfDeath":"1936-11-06","PlaceOfBirth":"Toowoomba","StateOfBirth":"Queensland","Electorate":"Darling Downs"

Field values read from the handbook's JSON endpoint https://handbookapi.aph.gov.au/api/individuals/KFK, which backs the Parliamentarian/KFK page. Official source for the birth and death dates set on the person.

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id 00AKI Primary

For Peter Craig Dutton (b. 1970)

"DisplayName":"DUTTON, the Hon. Peter Craig","DateOfBirth":"1970-11-18","PlaceOfBirth":"Brisbane","StateOfBirth":"Queensland","Party":"Liberal Party of Australia","Electorate":"Dickson","ServiceHistory_Start":"2001-11-10","ServiceHistory_End":"2025-05-03"

Official parliamentary record. Verbatim field transcription of the handbook individual record for PHID 00AKI, retrieved 2026-08-28 from https://handbookapi.aph.gov.au/api/individuals?$filter=PHID eq '00AKI'. Birth date matches the tree exactly; the handbook records the birthplace at city level (Brisbane) where the tree holds the suburb (Boondall), which is consistent, not contradictory.

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id handbook/allmps/LQR · Entry Personal Secondary

For Clive Frederick Palmer (b. 1954)

"Biography for PALMER, Clive Frederick Member for Fairfax (Qld) Palmer United Party" ... "Born: 26.3.1954, Melbourne, Australia"

Parliamentary Library biography for the Member for Fairfax. Birth date matches the tree record (26 MAR 1954) exactly. The handbook records the birthplace only to city level as "Melbourne"; the tree's Footscray, Victoria is a suburb of Melbourne, so the two agree.

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id 008W7 Primary

For George Henry Brandis (b. 1957)

"PHID":"008W7","GivenName":"George","MiddleNames":"Henry","FamilyName":"BRANDIS","PreferredName":"","DisplayName":"BRANDIS, the Hon. George Henry, KC","DateOfBirth":"1957-06-22","DateOfDeath":"","PlaceOfBirth":"Sydney"

Identification. The handbook entry's date of birth and place of birth match the tree record exactly (22 JUN 1957, Sydney NSW), as do the given and middle names.

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id 273829 Primary

For William Fraser Anning (b. 1949)

"PHID":"273829","GivenName":"William","MiddleNames":"Fraser","FamilyName":"ANNING","PreferredName":"(Fraser)","DisplayName":"ANNING, William Fraser (Fraser)","DateOfBirth":"1949-10-14","DateOfDeath":"","PlaceOfBirth":"Brisbane"

Identification. Date of birth 1949-10-14 and place of birth Brisbane (StateOfBirth Queensland) match the tree record exactly, as do the given and middle names.

Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia Record Id 245212 Primary

For Matthew James Canavan (b. 1980)

"PHID":"245212","GivenName":"Matthew","MiddleNames":"James","FamilyName":"CANAVAN","PreferredName":"(Matt)","DisplayName":"CANAVAN, the Hon. Matthew (Matt) James","DateOfBirth":"1980-12-17","DateOfDeath":"","PlaceOfBirth":"Southport"

Identification. Date of birth 1980-12-17 and place of birth Southport (StateOfBirth Queensland) match the tree record exactly, as do the given and middle names.