Chester Wilmot was born on June 21, 1911 in Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia as Reginald William Winchester Wilmot. He was a writer, known for We Make 'Em Proud 1694-1953 (1953), A Queen Is Crowned (1953) and Operation Hurricane (1952). He was married to Edith French Irwin. He died on January 10, 1954 in Mediterranean Sea.