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Name	Kenneth William Asprey
Born	15 July, 1905 Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 October, 1993 (aged 88) Wahroonga, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (bowel)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Snow, Sydney (father-in-law) Hutley, Francis Charles (work colleague) Williamson, James Cassius (related entry)
Education *	Newington College (Sydney) (student, 1917-1922) University of Sydney (student, 1923-1929)
Occupation or Descriptor *	solicitor (1929-1939) New South Wales, Australia barrister (1939-1962) New South Wales, Australia judge (1962-1975) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1977)
Key Events *	Melbourne Voyager collision, 1964 (royal commissioner)
Key Organisations *	Australian and New Zealand Theatres Ltd (chair) J. C. Williamson (chair, 1938) New South Wales Bar Association (member, 1939)
Workplaces *	Minter, Simpson, and Co (employee, 1926) Baldick, Asprey, and Co (partner, 1934) Supreme Court of NSW (judge, 1962-1975)

* Dates are approximate