Bryan Ward (priest)
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|name= Bryan Ward
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|birth_date= 7 August 1906
|birth_place= Summer Hill, New South Wales
|death_date= 27 August 1989
|death_place= Queensland
|education= Newington College
University of Sydney
|occupation= Clergyman
|title= The Venerable Archdeacon Bryan Ward MA
|spouse= Edith Ismena Clare (née McCulloch){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17223133 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 December 1935 |accessdate=20 June 2012 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Born 1909 – Died 1974
|parents= C B Ward
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|nationality= Australian
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Born Walter Bryan Ward[http://www.stthomastoowong.org.au/heritage/Celebrating%20the%20130th%20Anniversary%20of%20St%20Thomas'.pdf St Thomas', Toowong – Celebrating the 130th Anniversary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304111713/http://stthomastoowong.org.au/heritage/Celebrating%20the%20130th%20Anniversary%20of%20St%20Thomas%27.pdf |date=4 March 2019 }} Retrieved 20 June 2012 (7 August 1906 – 27 August 1989),[http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Photos/Kenmore-Anglican/index.php?image=P3141415.JPG&d=d.html Memorial Plaque Brookfield Anglican Church Brisbane] Retrieved 20 June 2012 Bryan Ward was an Australian clergyman active in the mid-20th century with the Anglican Church of Australia. He served as a Royal Australian Air Force Chaplain during World War II.WW2 Nominal Roll – Certificate for WALTER BRYAN WARD
Early life
Ward was born in Sydney the third son of C B Ward of Summer Hill, New South Wales,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16233315 |title=MR. C. B. WARD. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=5 June 1925 |accessdate=20 June 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
and attended Newington College commencing in 1921.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 208 At the end of 1924, Ward was named equal Dux of the College and received the Schofield Scholarship and the Halse Rogers Prize.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) Part 2 – The Lists He went up to the University of Sydney and in 1928 graduated as a Bachelor of Arts.{{cite web
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Working life
Upon graduation, Ward taught at All Souls', Charters Towers, before being admitted as a deacon at St James' Cathedral, Townsville in 1930.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60757681 |title=ST. JAMES' CATHEDRAL. |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Qld. |date=4 February 1930 |accessdate=20 June 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} He was ordained as a priest the following year.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61589311 |title=ORDINATIONS. |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Qld. |date=2 February 1931 |accessdate=20 June 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Ward was the Rector of Ingham, Queensland at the beginning of World War II when he started his chaplaincy to the militia.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62425146 |title=RECREATION TENT FOR SOLDIERS. |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Qld. |date=9 March 1940 |accessdate=20 June 2012 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
From 1966–1975 he served at St Thomas' Anglican Church, Toowong, Queensland, during which time he was also Archdeacon of the Downs in the Brisbane diocese.
Thesis
His 1983 Master of Arts thesis from the University of Queensland, The Care of the Cerebral Palsied in Australia: with particular reference to the voluntary organizations, the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association and State/Commonwealth involvement from the Second World War until the present day, is held by the National Library of Australia.{{Citation
| title=The Care of the Cerebral Palsied in Australia: with particular reference to the voluntary organizations, the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association and State/Commonwealth involvement from the Second World War until the present day / by Walter Bryan Ward
| author1=Ward, Walter Bryan
| year=1983
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Honours
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Category:People from Queensland
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Category:University of Sydney alumni
Category:University of Queensland alumni