of Australia's war history, and to the horseracing industry". He was admitted to the Australian Media Hall of Fame. He served as a Member of the Council of the Australian War Memorial from May 2006 until his death (he was replaced by Tony Abbott). In April 2020, the Australian War Memorial announced the inaugural Les Carlyon Literary Prize in his memory. Awards Walkley Award for magazine feature writing 1971 Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award 1993 Walkley Award for journalism leadership 2004 Melbourne Press Club Quill Award for Lifetime Achievement 2004 Prime Minister's Prize for History 2007 (for The Great War) Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) 2014 Death Carlyon's death, aged 76, on 4 March 2019 was widely reported. References External links ‘Gallipoli in a Nation’s Remembrance’; Australian War Memorial Anniversary Oration by Les Carlyon; 11 November 2004 (transcript and audio) Les Carlyon 'The Write Stuff' The Age 21 March 2005 Transcript of interview, 30 June 2006 by Andrew Denton on ABC television program Enough Rope Transcript of interview by Tony Jones 25 May 2007 on ABC television program Lateline Les Carlyon and Barrie Cassidy in Conversation: Writer Les Carlyon and sports journalist Barrie Cassidy talk about the interplay between sport and war. This discussion, held at the State Library of Victoria on 19 August 2008, was part of the program of events for the Sport and War exhibition 1942 births 2019 deaths Australian editors Australian historians Australian military historians Australian people of Cornish descent Companions of the Order of Australia RMIT University faculty University of Melbourne alumni Walkley Award winners Historians of World War I