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Name	Eric Keast Burke
Born	16 January, 1896 Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	31 March, 1974 (aged 78) Concord, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	New Zealander Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Sydney Church of England Grammar School (student, 1908-1913) University of Sydney (student, 1914-1922)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1917-1920) Federal, Australia magazine/journal editor (1920-1969) New South Wales, Australia photographer (general) (1920-1974) New South Wales, Australia intelligence officer (1939-1945) Federal, Australia television presenter (1960-1974) New South Wales, Australia biographer (1967-1969) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (soldier) World War II (Volunteer Defence Corps) ANZAC Wireless Squadron (soldier, 1917-1920)
Key Organisations *	Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (author, 1967-1969)
Workplaces *	Australasian Photo-Review magazine (editor, 1920-1956)

* Dates are approximate