where he photographed the Eyrean grasswren, unseen since the 19th century and thought to be possibly extinct. After Peggy died he married Molly Clampett, with whom he authored several pictorial books and field guides on Australian birds. National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife In 1969, Trounson became the instigator of the National Photographic Index of Australian Birds, later expanded to include mammals, reptiles and amphibians and renamed the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife, a project based at the Australian Museum in Sydney, in association with the National Library of Australia in Canberra. He served as the project's chief executive officer until 1981. On 26 January 2003, Trounson was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "for service to the community as creator of the National Photographic Index of Australian Birds". Trounson was widowed twice, outliving both Peggy and Molly. He died at the age of 103. Publications 1969 – 60 Camera Studies of Australian Birds. (With Molly Clampett, and with notes by Peggy Trounson). Australian Consolidated Press Ltd: Sydney. 1987 – Australia Land of Birds. (With Molly Trounson). Collins: Sydney. 1989 – Australian Birds: An Index of 864 Photographs Simply Classified for Easy Identification. (With Molly Trounson). PR Books, Australia. (the second edition of Australia Land of Birds) 2002- Australian Birds: A Concise Photographic Field Guide. (With Molly Trounson) . Cameron House, An Imprint of Bookwise International Pty Ltd, Wingfield, South Australia. (()) 2005 – Australian birds: a concise photographic field guide. (With Molly Trounson). Bluestone Press, Wingfield. References Notes Sources 1905 births 2009 deaths Royal Army Service Corps officers British diplomats Nature photographers Australian photographers Australian ornithologists Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Australian centenarians People educated at Mill Hill School People from Redruth 20th-century Australian zoologists British Army personnel of World War II Men centenarians