Charles Bean

Australian journalist and historian (1879–1968) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article may be written from a fan's point of view, rather than a neutral point of view. Please clean it up to conform to a higher standard of quality, and to make it neutral in tone. (August 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article's style of writing may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. (August 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Charles BeanPortrait by George Lambert, 1924BornCharles Edwin Woodrow Bean(1879-11-18)18 November 1879Bathurst, New South WalesDied30 August 1968(1968-08-30) (aged 88)Concord, New South Wales, AustraliaAwardsMentioned in despatches (1915)Chesney Gold Medal (1930)Academic backgroundAlma materUniversity of OxfordInfluencesBanjo PatersonAcademic workMain interestsAustralian military historyFirst World WarNotable worksOfficial History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918InfluencedGavin LongBill Gamm