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Life Summary

Name Peter Smith Dawson
Alternative Names
  • Frank Danby
  • Will Strong
  • Hector Grant
  • Arthur Walpole
  • Charles Hardy
  • Walter Wentworth
  • Robert Woodville
  • J. P. McCall
  • Evelyn Byrd
  • Peter Allison
  • Denton Toms
  • Charles Weber
  • Arnold Flint
  • Gilbert Mundy
  • Geoffrey Baxter
  • Alison Miller
Born

31 January, 1882
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Died

27 September, 1961 (aged 79)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

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