Ronald McKie

Ronald Cecil Hamlyn McKie was an Australian novelist. He was born on 11 May 1909 in Toowoomba, Queensland. After receiving his education at the Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland, he worked as a journalist on newspapers in Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, and China. He served in the AIF during World War II from 1942–1943, following which he served as war correspondent for several Australian and UK newspapers. After the war he worked for Sydney's Daily Telegraph. McKie died from kidney disease on 8 May 1991 in Canterbury, Melbourne, Australia. ^{Ronald McKie, Australian soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1991)}

11 December 1909

Born on the same birth day (11 December): Amar Singh Rathore • Andrew Lansley • Andriy Husin • Bess Armstrong • Brenda Lee • Cliff Michelmore • Daniel Alfredsson • Elmer Vasko • Gian Domenico Romagnosi • Grace Paley • Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson • Keith Waldrop • Mark Greatbatch • Matthew Tkachuk • Max Baucus • Steve Nicol

Born in the same month (December 1909): Arvo Askola • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. • Eliza Atkins Gleason • Hermes Pan • James Riddell (skier) • Matt Gordy • Nikola Vaptsarov • Sattar Bahlulzade • Seichō Matsumoto • W. A. Criswell • Walenty Kłyszejko • Zora Arkus-Duntov