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Trebilcock, Richard Ernest (1880 - 1976) |
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| Born: 30 June 1880 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Died: 2 June 1976 Kerang, Victoria, Australia. |
| Richard Ernest Trebilcock accompanied R.E. Hall (q.v.) to the Lena River Delta, Siberia in 1903 as taxidermist and photographer. They reached one of the breeding grounds of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata, where they saw chicks and collected a female, about 50 years before this breeding ground was officially announced by Russian ornithologist K.A. Vorobiev. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Ballarat, 30 June 1880. Died Kerang, 2 June 1976. Educated University of Melbourne (law). Law practice, Kerang; war service during World War I; Lieutenant-Colonel, Home Service during World War II. Military Cross. |
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