Piesse, Edmund Leolin

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While Director of Military Intelligence his duties included drafting and enforcing War Precautions Act regulations, postal and press censorship, counter-espionage, surveillance of enemy aliens and even sometimes of allied aliens, notably the Japanese. From ADB entry

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1881

Birth in New Town -- TAS, Australia 26 July 1881
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Early education at The Friends' High School, Hobart, TAS, Australia
1900

Tertiary education at University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia 1900
1905

Tertiary education at University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia 1905
1906

Articled Clerk at Hobart -- TAS, Australia 1906
1909

Staff Officer at Tasmania -- TAS, Australia 1909
1914

Staff Officer at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1 August 1914
1916

Director of Military Intelligence at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1 March 1916
1919

Director Pacific Branch 1 May 1919
1921

Secretary 1921
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Lecturer at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia
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Member of Law Institute of Victoria
1947

Death in Kew -- VIC, Australia 16 May 1947

Gender

Male