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Name	Arthur Seaforth Blackburn
Born	25 November, 1892 Woodville, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	24 November, 1960 (aged 67) Crafers, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Wighton, Rosemary Neville (daughter) Blackburn, Charles Bickerton (half-brother)
Occupation or Descriptor *	solicitor (1913-1940) South Australia, Australia army officer (1915-1917) Federal, Australia pro-conscriptionist (1916-1917) South Australia, Australia ex-service leader (1917-1921) South Australia, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1918-1921) South Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1918-1921) South Australia, Australia army officer (1924-1945) Federal, Australia coroner (1933-1947) South Australia, Australia prisoner of war (Australian) (1942-1945) Federal, Australia industrial arbitrator/conciliator (1947-1955) Federal, Australia

* Dates are approximate