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Name	Herbert Victor Birtles
Born	11 July, 1900 Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	30 April, 1994 (aged 93) Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	dementia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Birtles, Dora Eileen (wife)
Education *	Burnley Primary School (Melbourne) (student, 1906-1916) Zercho's Business College (Melbourne) (student, 1917-1918) University of Sydney (student, 1920-1923)
Occupation or Descriptor *	poet (1922-1980) New South Wales, Australia political journalist (1932-1972) New South Wales, Australia
Workplaces *	Sunday Telegraph (NSW) newspaper (journalist) Sunday Telegraph (NSW) newspaper (journalist) Sun (Newcastle, NSW) newspaper (journalist, 1930) Thyrsus: An Australian Magazine of Verse (owner, 1935-1935) Sun (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1938-1941) Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1941-1972)

* Dates are approximate