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Name	Robert Steel Byrnes
Born	6 June, 1899 Goldsborough, Victoria, Australia
Died	16 November, 1979 (aged 80) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Religious Influence	Presbyterian 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.
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1918-1918) Federal, Australia Presbyterian lay leader (1919-1920) Victoria, Australia Presbyterian lay leader (1922-1940) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1940-1942) Federal, Australia Presbyterian lay leader (1942-1965) Queensland, Australia poet (1948-1979) Queensland, Australia religious historian (1948-1979) Queensland, Australia magazine/journal editor (1963-1965) Queensland, Australia

* Dates are approximate