Edward Bernard Kirwan Ward (2 April 1909 – 5 March 1983) was a

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most notable for his work with the '' Daily News'' in

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Early life

Kirwan Ward was born in

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one of eight children of Norman and Bertha Kirwan Ward. At the age of 18 he moved with his family to Australia. In Perth he worked a number of jobs including work as an insurance clerk and a shoe salesman.

War

Kirwan Ward joined the

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in 1942 and was discharged in 1946.

Writing

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, editor of the ''Daily News'' in

offered him a backpage daily column in the newspaper when he left active service. From 1954 he was joined by cartoonist

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who often travelled on assignment with Kirwan Ward. The column, Peepshow, written under the pen name Kirwan Ward was published six days a week from 1946 until 1974. From 1974 until his death in 1983 he published two columns a week.

Honours

In 1978 he was made an MBE.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Kirwan 1909 births 1983 deaths Writers from Oxfordshire 20th-century Australian journalists